Download or read book The Shoemaker's Holiday written by Thomas Dekker and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the most popular of Elizabethan plays--entertaining, racy and vivid in its characterization. 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 had a lively history of performance on both the professional and amateur stage.