The Shoemaker's Holiday

The Shoemaker's HolidayThomas 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 interaction of social classes within the city, its social commentary is on the whole optimistic, though darker tones are discernible. The play has the whole optimistic, though darker tones are discernible. The play has had a lively history of performance

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this ambitious collection explores a range of political struggles

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based on first-hand interviews with the MPs themselves

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