Dominant work: The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Puritan Widow) · genre mix of this topic (British Drama labels): comedy 83%; romance 5%; tragedy 4%
All statistics on this page are on the representative editions (one per work). Including the other editions, placed after the fit: 156 chunks · 48 works · 76,942 words — those 22 chunks are listed at the end of the page and are not part of any figure above.
In the analyses: author comparisons for this topic · this topic by decade.
Amber = capitalised in ≥80 % of occurrences (probable name). Keywords are computed on the unmasked text.
This is the direction topic → genre, on the raw British Drama labels; the share of each genre group's text that falls in this topic is on the Genre page.
The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Str (11), May Day (11), Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the H (9), A Fine Companion (8), Poetaster, or The Arraignment (7), The City Match (7), The Hollander (Love's Trial) (6), The Phoenix (5), The Scornful Lady (5), Eastward Ho (4), Northward Ho (4), A Mad World, My Masters (4), Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (4), The Trial of Chivalry (This Gallant Cava (3), Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks (3) …
| chunk | play | author | published | genre | words | typicality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147_00026 | Fedele and Fortunia (Two Italian Gentlemen) | Pasqualigo, Luigi / Munday, Anthon | 1585 | comedy | 506 | 0.779 |
| 319_00005 | Mucedorus (and Amadine) | Anonymous | 1598 | romance | 462 | 0.830 |
| 378_00017 | 2 Henry the Fourth | Shakespeare, William | 1600 | history | 511 | 0.789 |
| 345_00018 | 1 Edward the Fourth | Heywood, Thomas | 1600 | history | 498 | 0.780 |
| 422_00023 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 492 | 0.894 |
| 444_00027 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 469 | 0.854 |
| 444_00026 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 501 | 0.847 |
| 422_00020 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 499 | 0.847 |
| 444_00018 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 489 | 0.844 |
| 444_00010 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 480 | 0.844 |
| 422_00019 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 479 | 0.830 |
| 444_00017 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 491 | 0.806 |
| 444_00024 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 495 | 0.798 |
| 422_00021 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 487 | 0.796 |
| 422_00027 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 496 | 0.790 |
| 422_00022 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 488 | 0.789 |
| 422_00024 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1602 | comedy | 494 | 0.789 |
| 444_00008 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 481 | 0.773 |
| 444_00020 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 479 | 0.763 |
| 444_00028 | Satiromastix, or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet | Dekker, Thomas | 1602 | comedy | 487 | 0.750 |
| 494_00017 | The Trial of Chivalry (This Gallant Cavaliero Dick Bowy | Anonymous | 1605 | romance | 470 | 0.797 |
| 514_00023 | Eastward Ho | Chapman, George / Jonson, Ben / Ma | 1605 | comedy | 496 | 0.780 |
| 494_00016 | The Trial of Chivalry (This Gallant Cavaliero Dick Bowy | Anonymous | 1605 | romance | 474 | 0.764 |
| 514_00029 | Eastward Ho | Chapman, George / Jonson, Ben / Ma | 1605 | comedy | 523 | 0.757 |
| 514_00017 | Eastward Ho | Chapman, George / Jonson, Ben / Ma | 1605 | comedy | 520 | 0.748 |
| 514_00025 | Eastward Ho | Chapman, George / Jonson, Ben / Ma | 1605 | comedy | 482 | 0.743 |
| 494_00009 | The Trial of Chivalry (This Gallant Cavaliero Dick Bowy | Anonymous | 1605 | romance | 478 | 0.742 |
| 573_00014 | The Phoenix | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 481 | 0.899 |
| 590_00013 | Northward Ho | Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John | 1607 | comedy | 524 | 0.866 |
| 591_00025 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 520 | 0.848 |
| 591_00006 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 487 | 0.839 |
| 591_00024 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 504 | 0.829 |
| 591_00009 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 470 | 0.816 |
| 591_00032 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 490 | 0.814 |
| 573_00003 | The Phoenix | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 484 | 0.807 |
| 591_00031 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 484 | 0.806 |
| 591_00023 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 503 | 0.800 |
| 590_00012 | Northward Ho | Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John | 1607 | comedy | 499 | 0.790 |
| 573_00016 | The Phoenix | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 481 | 0.788 |
| 591_00029 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 501 | 0.785 |
| 591_00008 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 469 | 0.780 |
| 573_00015 | The Phoenix | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 486 | 0.778 |
| 591_00007 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 491 | 0.777 |
| 581_00018 | Cupid's Whirligig | Sharpham, Edward | 1607 | comedy | 494 | 0.767 |
| 591_00030 | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Purita | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 494 | 0.765 |
| 573_00009 | The Phoenix | Middleton, Thomas | 1607 | comedy | 502 | 0.762 |
| 590_00028 | Northward Ho | Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John | 1607 | comedy | 491 | 0.754 |
| 590_00024 | Northward Ho | Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John | 1607 | comedy | 498 | 0.746 |
| 651_00001 | A Mad World, My Masters | Middleton, Thomas | 1608 | comedy | 498 | 0.854 |
| 651_00000 | A Mad World, My Masters | Middleton, Thomas | 1608 | comedy | 513 | 0.845 |
| 651_00010 | A Mad World, My Masters | Middleton, Thomas | 1608 | comedy | 497 | 0.841 |
| 651_00021 | A Mad World, My Masters | Middleton, Thomas | 1608 | comedy | 477 | 0.809 |
| 683_00029 | Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks | Barry, Lording | 1611 | comedy | 496 | 0.882 |
| 695_00039 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 512 | 0.872 |
| 696_00040 | The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse | Dekker, Thomas / Middleton, Thomas | 1611 | comedy | 493 | 0.865 |
| 695_00018 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 504 | 0.862 |
| 683_00020 | Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks | Barry, Lording | 1611 | comedy | 499 | 0.853 |
| 695_00017 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 505 | 0.836 |
| 695_00005 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 493 | 0.834 |
| 683_00021 | Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks | Barry, Lording | 1611 | comedy | 487 | 0.827 |
| 695_00006 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 492 | 0.821 |
| 695_00019 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 506 | 0.813 |
| 695_00030 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 486 | 0.782 |
| 696_00039 | The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse | Dekker, Thomas / Middleton, Thomas | 1611 | comedy | 502 | 0.763 |
| 695_00029 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 514 | 0.762 |
| 695_00028 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 511 | 0.758 |
| 695_00036 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 500 | 0.734 |
| 696_00038 | The Roaring Girl, or Moll Cutpurse | Dekker, Thomas / Middleton, Thomas | 1611 | comedy | 510 | 0.696 |
| 695_00037 | May Day | Chapman, George | 1611 | comedy | 510 | 0.647 |
| 698_00009 | A Christian Turned Turk (The Two Famous Pirates) | Daborne, Robert | 1612 | tragedy | 498 | 0.875 |
| 697_00006 | A Woman Is a Weathercock | Field, Nathan | 1612 | comedy | 501 | 0.869 |
| 697_00007 | A Woman Is a Weathercock | Field, Nathan | 1612 | comedy | 506 | 0.842 |
| 698_00010 | A Christian Turned Turk (The Two Famous Pirates) | Daborne, Robert | 1612 | tragedy | 499 | 0.836 |
| 697_00004 | A Woman Is a Weathercock | Field, Nathan | 1612 | comedy | 505 | 0.817 |
| 701_00005 | The Alchemist | Jonson, Ben | 1612 | comedy | 484 | 0.813 |
| 724_00038 | The Knight of the Burning Pestle | Beaumont, Francis | 1613 | comedy | 504 | 0.771 |
| 724_00037 | The Knight of the Burning Pestle | Beaumont, Francis | 1613 | comedy | 500 | 0.749 |
| 751_00012 | The Four Prentices of London | Heywood, Thomas | 1615 | romance | 487 | 0.815 |
| 751_00009 | The Four Prentices of London | Heywood, Thomas | 1615 | romance | 502 | 0.814 |
| 753_00024 | The Scornful Lady | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1616 | comedy | 494 | 0.874 |
| 704_00034 | Epicene, or The Silent Woman | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 482 | 0.872 |
| 753_00023 | The Scornful Lady | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1616 | comedy | 488 | 0.853 |
| 753_00015 | The Scornful Lady | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1616 | comedy | 495 | 0.842 |
| 753_00022 | The Scornful Lady | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1616 | comedy | 508 | 0.808 |
| 753_00012 | The Scornful Lady | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1616 | comedy | 495 | 0.808 |
| 704_00007 | Epicene, or The Silent Woman | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 477 | 0.783 |
| 808_00042 | A King and No King | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1619 | tragicomedy | 489 | 0.895 |
| 808_00025 | A King and No King | Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John | 1619 | tragicomedy | 472 | 0.870 |
| 823_00011 | The World Tossed at Tennis | Middleton, Thomas / Rowley, Willia | 1620 | masque | 491 | 0.787 |
| 826_00032 | Thierry and Theodoret | Anonymous / Fletcher, John / Massi | 1621 | tragedy | 507 | 0.889 |
| 826_00034 | Thierry and Theodoret | Anonymous / Fletcher, John / Massi | 1621 | tragedy | 516 | 0.844 |
| 870_00035 | All's Well That Ends Well | Shakespeare, William / Middleton, | 1623 | tragicomedy | 475 | 0.779 |
| 287_00000 | Richard the Third | Shakespeare, William | 1623 | tragedy; history | 467 | 0.651 |
| 907_00016 | Apollo Shroving | Hawkins, William | 1627 | comedy | 474 | 0.767 |
| 920_00026 | The Wedding | Shirley, James | 1629 | comedy | 478 | 0.810 |
| 920_00009 | The Wedding | Shirley, James | 1629 | comedy | 488 | 0.752 |
| 971_00049 | Bartholomew Fair | Jonson, Ben | 1631 | comedy | 491 | 0.812 |
| 971_00054 | Bartholomew Fair | Jonson, Ben | 1631 | comedy | 493 | 0.795 |
| 971_00052 | Bartholomew Fair | Jonson, Ben | 1631 | comedy | 488 | 0.776 |
| 979_00037 | Holland's Leaguer | Marmion, Shackerley | 1632 | comedy | 502 | 0.862 |
| 981_00033 | The Northern Lass | Brome, Richard | 1632 | comedy | 488 | 0.856 |
| 981_00023 | The Northern Lass | Brome, Richard | 1632 | comedy | 505 | 0.812 |
| 1004_00031 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 511 | 0.900 |
| 1004_00036 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 494 | 0.870 |
| 1004_00009 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 494 | 0.867 |
| 1004_00023 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 503 | 0.855 |
| 1004_00030 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 501 | 0.843 |
| 1004_00034 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 508 | 0.818 |
| 1004_00028 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 502 | 0.814 |
| 1004_00005 | A Fine Companion | Marmion, Shackerley | 1633 | comedy | 493 | 0.784 |
| 1049_00027 | The Royal King and the Loyal Subject | Heywood, Thomas | 1637 | romance | 480 | 0.801 |
| 1054_00029 | The Example | Shirley, James | 1637 | comedy | 486 | 0.693 |
| 1106_00021 | Imperiale | Freeman, Ralph | 1639 | not in BritDrama | 510 | 0.823 |
| 1118_00013 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 488 | 0.811 |
| 1105_00028 | The Unnatural Combat | Massinger, Philip | 1639 | tragedy | 503 | 0.801 |
| 1114_00033 | The Bloody Brother (Rollo, Duke of Normandy) | Fletcher, John / Field, Nathan / M | 1639 | tragedy | 485 | 0.797 |
| 1118_00012 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 493 | 0.785 |
| 1118_00014 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 500 | 0.768 |
| 1120_00014 | The Phoenix in Her Flames | Lower, William | 1639 | not in BritDrama | 502 | 0.764 |
| 1118_00032 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 482 | 0.723 |
| 1118_00016 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 499 | 0.708 |
| 1118_00015 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 495 | 0.643 |
| 1118_00017 | The City Match | Mayne, Jasper | 1639 | comedy | 496 | 0.616 |
| 1152_00033 | Rule a Wife and Have a Wife | Fletcher, John | 1640 | comedy | 473 | 0.858 |
| 1152_00016 | Rule a Wife and Have a Wife | Fletcher, John | 1640 | comedy | 511 | 0.854 |
| 1152_00036 | Rule a Wife and Have a Wife | Fletcher, John | 1640 | comedy | 516 | 0.844 |
| 1152_00001 | Rule a Wife and Have a Wife | Fletcher, John | 1640 | comedy | 481 | 0.822 |
| 1148_00031 | The Hollander (Love's Trial) | Glapthorne, Henry | 1640 | comedy | 481 | 0.821 |
| 1148_00029 | The Hollander (Love's Trial) | Glapthorne, Henry | 1640 | comedy | 481 | 0.760 |
| 1148_00016 | The Hollander (Love's Trial) | Glapthorne, Henry | 1640 | comedy | 483 | 0.683 |
| 1148_00030 | The Hollander (Love's Trial) | Glapthorne, Henry | 1640 | comedy | 480 | 0.668 |
| 1148_00017 | The Hollander (Love's Trial) | Glapthorne, Henry | 1640 | comedy | 474 | 0.638 |
| 1148_00018 | The Hollander (Love's Trial) | Glapthorne, Henry | 1640 | comedy | 486 | 0.566 |
| 1139_00003 | The Gypsies Metamorphosed | Jonson, Ben | 1641 | masque | 502 | 0.788 |
| chunk | play | author | published | genre | words | typicality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423_00021 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 476 | 0.871 |
| 423_00020 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 500 | 0.864 |
| 405_00044 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 510 | 0.862 |
| 405_00038 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 443 | 0.852 |
| 405_00008 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 475 | 0.851 |
| 405_00041 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 494 | 0.829 |
| 423_00024 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 509 | 0.827 |
| 423_00022 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 491 | 0.817 |
| 405_00021 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 507 | 0.788 |
| 405_00009 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 503 | 0.785 |
| 423_00030 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 504 | 0.784 |
| 405_00048 | Every Man in His Humor | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 489 | 0.759 |
| 423_00025 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 485 | 0.751 |
| 423_00055 | Poetaster, or The Arraignment | Jonson, Ben | 1616 | comedy | 470 | 0.725 |
| 705_00029 | Epicene, or The Silent Woman | Jonson, Ben | 1620 | comedy | 495 | 0.883 |
| 224_00032 | 2 Henry the Sixth (The First Part of the Contention bet | Anonymous / Marlowe, Christopher / | 1623 | history | 512 | 0.874 |
| 374_00041 | Henry the Fifth | Shakespeare, William | 1623 | history | 477 | 0.799 |
| 374_00040 | Henry the Fifth | Shakespeare, William | 1623 | history | 478 | 0.795 |
| 379_00019 | 2 Henry the Fourth | Shakespeare, William | 1623 | history | 483 | 0.789 |
| 379_00018 | 2 Henry the Fourth | Shakespeare, William | 1623 | history | 491 | 0.706 |
| 610_00046 | The Alexandraean Tragedy | Alexander, William | 1637 | tragedy | 486 | 0.811 |
| 1115_00033 | The Bloody Brother (Rollo, Duke of Normandy) | Fletcher, John / Field, Nathan / M | 1640 | tragedy | 537 | 0.817 |