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The Shoemaker's Holiday (Plays for Performance) (Plays for Performance Series)
Thomas Dekker
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Description for The Shoemaker's Holiday (Plays for Performance) (Plays for Performance Series)
Paperback. Bernard Sahlins's new adaptation makes the comedy classic by Thomas Dekker-a Shakespeare contemporary-extremely playable. Plays for Performance Series. Series: Plays for Performance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 127.
Written and first performed in 1599, The Shoemaker's Holiday was 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.
Written and first performed in 1599, The Shoemaker's Holiday was 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.
Product Details
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Plays for Performance
Condition
New
Weight
127g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635431
SKU
V9781566635431
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Thomas Dekker
Bernard Sahlins is co-editor, with Nicholas Rudall, of the Plays for Performance series. He has also written Days and Nights at The Second City. The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Shoemaker's Holiday (Plays for Performance) (Plays for Performance Series)
The adaptations made by Sahlins are invisible to anyone who is not intimately familiar with the text.
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