A ballad composed by Richard Hodskyns advertises the performance of a play entitled 'The Late Murder of the Son upon the Mother, or Keep the Widow Waking,' acted at the Red Bull. The piece was based on a contemporary matricide and generated a series of lawsuits.
Name | Event Role(s) | Document Role(s) |
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Hodskyns, Richard | balladeer | |
Dekker, Thomas | playwright |