The shoemakers' holiday
By: by Thomas Dekker ; edited and with an introd. by Merritt Lawlis.
Contributors: Lawlis, Merritt E., 1918-
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, inc.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Woodbury, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Mayors -- Drama; Shoemakers -- Drama; Social classes -- Drama; London (England) -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: Rowland Lacy, a young nobleman in love with Rose Oateley, daughter of Sir Roger, disguises himself as a Dutch shoemaker, Hans, and works in a shop with Simon Eyre, having sent a friend to France in his place. He wins Rose. Through Hans, Eyre gets a fortune, becomes sheriff, and then Lord Mayor of London; as such he declares a shoemakers' holiday, feasting all apprentices. 5 acts, 17 men, 4 women, extras, 6 interiors, 8 exteriors, costumes of the period.
Notes: Bibliography: p. xxiii-xxvii.