SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Thomas Dekker

»Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 - 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists.« -- More information: Wikipedia

The Shoemaker's Holiday (Play, 1599)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Shoemaker's Holiday or the Gentle Craft is an Elizabethan play written by Thomas Dekker. The play was first performed in 1599 by the Admiral's Men, and it falls into the subgenre of city comedy. The story features three subplots: an inter-class romance between a citizen of London and an aristocrat, the ascension of shoemaker Simon Eyre to Lord Mayor of London, and a romance between a gentleman and a shoemaker's wife, whose husband appears to have died in the wars with France.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

Chronological Index: Modern History: 16^th Century | Geographical Index: European History: English History

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Arab, Ronda. »Sexual Violence as Class Conflict: Seizing Patriarchal Privilege in Early Modern English Drama.« Intersectionalities of Class in Early Modern English Drama. Edited by Ronda Arab et al. Cham 2023: 249-264.

II. Speaker Index