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The Shoemaker's Holiday

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British Drama 1600-1642
This is the first programme in the series. The second, "A Woman Killed with Kindness" by Thomas Heywood (1603) will be on February 1

Donald Wolfit in 'The Shoemakers' Holiday'
or A Pleasant Comedy of the Gentle Craft
[by] Thomas Dekker (c.1572-c.1632)
This play was first produced at court on January 1, 1600

Edited for radio and produced by Raymond Raikes
Music by John Hotchkis
The Welbeck Orchestra Leader, Vera Kantrovitch: conducted by the composer

Contributors

Author:
Thomas Dekker
Edited by/Producer:
Raymond Raikes
Music/Conductor:
John Hotchkis
Musicians:
The Welbeck Orchestra
Leader:
Vera Kantrovitch
Simon Eyre, the Shoemaker:
Donald Wolfit
Sir Roger Oteley, Lord Mayor of London:
Felix Felton
Sir Hugh Lacy, Earl of Lincoln:
Philip Leaver
Rowland Lacy, his Nephew:
Denis Quilley
Hodge, Eyre's Foreman:
Charles Leno
Eyre's Journeymen - Firk:
Geoffrey Matthews
Eyre's Journeymen - Ralph:
John Bryning
Jane, Wife to Ralph:
Eva Huszar
Margery, Wife to Simon Eyre:
Vivienne Chatterion
Rose, Daughter to Sir Roger Oteley:
Janette Richer
Sybil, her Maid:
Betty Baskcomb
Master Hammon, a Citizen of London:
Alastair Duncan
Master Warner, his Brother-in-law:
Godfrey Kenton
A Dutch Skipper:
George Merrill
Dodger, Servant to the Earl of Lincoln:
Denis Goacher
A Serving-Man to Master Hammon:
Anthony Viccars
The King:
Charles Simon

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