One of the most popular Elizabethan plays, The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the earliest examples of `citizen comedy' plays set in London and dealing with the dominant concerns of metropolitan society - class mobility, sexual intrigue and the...
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One of the most popular Elizabethan plays, The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the earliest examples of `citizen comedy' plays set in London and dealing with the dominant concerns of metropolitan society - class mobility, sexual intrigue and the pursuit of wealth and status. Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- About the Play -- Summary of the Plot -- The Author -- Dates and Sources -- The Play -- Going to Wittenberg -- Staging Things: Dekker's Lively Stage Properties -- From 'Skill' to 'Freebooters': Artisanal vs. Capitalist Property -- 'The Lord of Ludgate': Monumental Time -- Spectres of Debt -- Performance History -- A Note on the Text -- FURTHER READING -- ABBREVIATIONS -- THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY -- Preface -- Dramatis Personae -- The Prologue -- First Three Man's Song -- Second Three Man's Song -- The Text -- APPENDIX: Deloney's Pleasant and Princely History of the Gentle Craft.