Shoemakers' Holiday

Thomas Dekker''s singular comic drama, The Shoemakers'' Holiday moves through the urban landscape of 16th century apprenticeships and artisan production in this tale of thwarted marriages and class division. Simon Eyre and his rags to riches journey to becoming the city''s Lord Mayor embroils a host of lively characters who find themselves in the generative setting of the shoemakers'' workshop. Wh...