The Shoemaker’s Holiday (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Dekker
- First Published: 1600
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1413-1422
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, England or English people, London, Shoes or shoemakers, Fifteenth century
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
Tower Street. London residence and workshop of Simon Eyre, who rises from master shoemaker to become lord mayor of London. A chaotic place populated by Eyre, his wife, his apprentices, and numerous hangers-on, it sees thwarted romances, the comic social-climbing of Mrs. Eyre, and street brawls as the apprentices try to avenge the wrongs inflicted on their fellow Rafe, who has been conscripted to fight in England’s wars in France. The setting reflects the unruliness and uncertainty of the era in which Dekker’s characters live.
*Old Ford. Country house...
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