The Shoemaker’s Holiday
Interviews
Pre-show talk
Phillip Breen talks to writer and broadcaster Paul Allen about the contradictions of class, rags to riches and high heels. He also responds to audience questions about casting David Troughton in the role of Simon Eyre, and how Thomas Dekker and William Shakespeare write about the working class. Recorded in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 17 December 2014.
Front Row interview
Phillip Breen tells Samira Ahmed about his RSC production of Thomas Dekker’s Elizabethan comedy of class, conflict and cobblers in love. Recorded for BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, 16 December 2014.
Designing the show
Max Jones discusses designing the costumes for The Shoemaker’s Holiday, with The Costume Society.