Three Men in a Boat a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity. Following the overwhelming success of "Three Men in a Boat", Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled "Three Men on the Bummel" (also known as "Three Men on Wheels", 1900). The story begins by introducing George, Harris, Jerome (always referred to as "J."), and Jerome's dog, named Montmorency. The men are spending an evening in J.'s room, smoking
The Shoemaker's Holiday expense of foreigners." Fleck argues that the conclusion of the play, with the marriage of Lacy and Rose, implies that aristocrats may unite with citizens to "prepar[e] the way for a unified England to face a foreign enemy". Scholars believe the Admiral's Men first performed "The Shoemaker’s Holiday" in 1599 at the Rose Theatre and then later in 1600. During Dekker's lifetime, the only surviving performance record of "The Shoemaker's Holiday" is in 1600 on New Year's Day as part of Queen Elizabeth I's annual Christmas celebrations and entertainment. In April 1898, a Harvard University fraternity performed an abridged version