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The shoemaker's holiday / Thomas Dekker ; in a new adaptation by Bernard Sahlins.
LIBRA - Furness Storage PR2490 .A27 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dekker, Thomas, approximately 1572-1632.
- Series:
- Plays for performance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayors--Drama.
- Mayors.
- Shoemakers--Drama.
- Shoemakers.
- Social classes--Drama.
- Social classes.
- London (England)--Drama.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Comedies.
- Physical Description:
- 89 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, [2003]
- Summary:
- Written and first performed in 1599, "The Shoemaker's Holidaywas the most popular non-Shakespearean comedy of its day--a hearty brew of character and overflowing good humor, occasionally ribald, about the gentle craft of shoemaking. Bernard Sahlins's new adaptation streamlines the dialogue for contemporary audiences and makes it extremely playable.
- Notes:
- Revision of play consists of minor cuts and substitution of words that have lost or changed their meaning since Elizabethan times.
- ISBN:
- 1566635438
- OCLC:
- 51900431
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