{"product_id":"the-shoemakers-holiday-9780713673784","title":"The Shoemaker's Holiday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I know the trade: I learned it when I was in Wittenberg'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus speaks Lacy, the gentleman who disguises himself as a simple shoemaker in order to win his true love, the grocer's daughter Rose. \u003ci\u003eThe Shoemaker's Holiday \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most engaging citizen comedies of the 17th century. Written and first performed at much the same time as \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new student edition contains a lengthy new Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, the play's major preoccupations, and stage history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe editor, Jonathan Gil Harris, is Professor of English at George Washington University. he is the author of \u003ci\u003eForeign Bodies and the Body Politic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSick Economies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUntimely Matter in the Time of Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Gil Harris is Professor of English at George Washington University, where he teaches Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, and Critical Theory. He is the author of numerous essays on the drama and culture of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. He has also co-edited, with Natasha Korda, Staged Properties in Early Modern English Drama (Cambridge).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327566745874,"sku":"9780713673784","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b1ea0b0d-0fa6-4176-b9f3-8a599e1b40bf.jpg?v=1727716674","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shoemakers-holiday-9780713673784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}