| The Shoemaker's Holiday Contributor(s): Dekker, Thomas (Author), Harris, Jonathan Gil (Editor), Harris, Jonathan Gil |
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ISBN: 0713673788 ISBN-13: 9780713673784 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This is one of the earliest examples of "citizen comedy" plays set in London and dealing with the dominant concerns of metropolitan society--class mobility, sexual intrigue, and the pursuit of wealth and status. Thomas Dekker uses the colorful and vivid backdrop of London's streets, taverns, and public buildings to expose urban existence--its folly and corruption. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.3 |
| Series: New Mermaids |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'I know the trade: I learned it when I was in Wittenberg' Thus speaks Lacy, the gentleman who disguises himself as a simple shoemaker in order to win his true love, the grocer's daughter Rose. The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the most engaging citizen comedies of the 17th century. Written and first performed at much the same time as Hamlet, it has an unexpected affinity with Shakespeare's tragedy: both feature a leading character who has spent time in Wittenberg, where he has learned something that has changed him. But whereas Hamlet's Wittenberg philosophy steers him into the realm of the individuated self, Lacy's Wittenberg trade directs him and his fellows into the world of the collectively crafted commodity. In the process, the play offers fascinating insight into the evolution of fashion and the growth of consumer culture in newly capitalist London. This new student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, the play's major preoccupations, and stage history. The editor, Jonathan Gil Harris, is Professor of English at George Washington University. he is the author of Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic, Sick Economies, and Untimely Matter in the Time of Shakespeare. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harris, Jonathan Gil: - Jonathan Gil Harris is a professor of English at George Washington University.Dekker, Thomas: - Thomas Dekker contributed to The Witch of Edmonton from Manchester University Press. |