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Textual Analysis

The Shoemaker's Holiday was originally published in the form of small booklets titled the gentle Craft of Thomas Dickers in July of 1599 for 3 an earlier prose Tract named “The Gentle Craft” was published in 1598, the earliest published version of the The play was performed for the Queen along with Other nobility such as Valentine Simmes, then lord of the admiralty in 1600. The Shoemaker’s  Holiday, though originally published in 1599, proved popular enough to warrant the printing of a  black-letter edition in 1600 (Q1) and between its original publication in 1599 and 1657, was revised six times. The greatest deviation from the original 1599 edition occurs in the performance intended for the court in 1600, which includes an appended Prologue not in keeping with traditional performances of the play.
 * Source: EK Chambers
 * Source: James Knowles (Oxford English Drama: The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies)
 * Knowles, James, et al. The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies. Oxford University Press, 2008.