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 soci
Written and first performed in 1599, The Shoemaker's Holiday was the most popular non-Shakespearean comedy of its day - a hearty brew of character and overflowing good humor, occasionally ribald, abou
Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the most popular of Elizabethan plays, entertaining, racy and vivid in its characterisation. Revealing a vital portrait of Elizabethan London and the
