The Shoemaker’s Holiday (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Dekker
- First Published: 1600
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1413-1422
- Setting: London and the nearby village of Old Ford
- Principal Characters: Simon Eyre, Hodge, Firk, Rafe, Sir Roger Otley, Rose Otley, Sir Hugh Lacy, Rowland Lacy, Margery, Jane
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, England or English people, London, Shoes or shoemakers, Fifteenth century
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Rose Otley, daughter of the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Roger Otley, and Rowland Lacey, nephew to Sir Hugh Lacy, the Earl of Lincoln, were deeply in love. With evident irony, proud Sir Roger declared to Sir Hugh that he could not presume to have his daughter marry above her station. With equal pride, Sir Hugh ironically countered that because of Rowland’s dissolute ways it would be far better for Rose to marry a substantial young London businessman. Rowland, who had toured Europe, where he had learned the shoemaker’s trade in Germany, was given a command in the...
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