Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker’s singular comic drama, The Shoemakers’ Holiday, moves through the urban landscape of 16th-century apprenticeships and artisan production in this tale of thwarted marriages and class division. Simon Eyre and his rags-to-riches journey to becoming the city’s Lord Mayor embroils a host of lively characters who find themselves in the generative setting of the shoemakers’ workshop. Whether it be...