The Shoemaker's Holiday, Undated
Scope and Contents
Typed script.
The Shoemaker's Holiday or the Gentle Craft is an Elizabethan play written by Thomas Dekker. The play was first performed in 1599 by the Admiral's Men, and it falls into the subgenre of city comedy. The story features three subplots: an inter-class romance between a citizen of London and an aristocrat, the ascension of shoemaker Simon Eyre to Lord Mayor of London, and a romance between a gentleman and a shoemaker's wife, whose husband appears to have died in the wars with France.
Dates
- Creation: Undated
Creator
- Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632 (Author, Person)
- National Script Service (Organization)
Access
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Extent
1 item : 14 leaves ; 36 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository
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