Scope and Contents One page flyer with woodblock-type illustration for The Shoemakers Holiday at the Mercury Theatre, production by Orson Welles, opening January 1st, in repertory with Julius Caesar.Written by Thomas Dekker, this Elizabethan drama had originally been performed before Queen Elizabeth on New Year’s Day, 1600. The story details a romance between an aristocrat, Rowland Lacy, and Rose, the daughter of the Mayor of London. Welles sought a “busy” set that would recapture the original...