Cordwainer Cordwainer A cordwainer () is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer's trade can be contrasted with the cobbler's trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to repairing shoes. This usage distinction is not universally observed, as the word "cobbler" is widely used for tradespersons who make or repair shoes. A major British dictionary says that the word "cordwainer" is archaic, "still used in the names of guilds, for example, "the Cordwainers' Company""; but its definition of "cobbler" mentions only mending, reflecting the older distinction. Play 14 of the Chester Cycle was presented
What Strong Fences Make entire script of the play available as a downloadable PDF on the website of Theater J. "What Strong Fences Make" is set at an IDF military checkpoint just outside Ramallah. Horovitz calls it "a simple and clear stage-play that attempts to make a statement about a real-life situation that is anything but simple and clear." The first reading was staged by New York's Barefoot Theater Company on April 15, 2009. The play was produced at the Boston Theater Marathon in 2009. What Strong Fences Make What Strong Fences Make is a 2009 play by Israel Horovitz. Horovitz told an interviewer