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SHAKESPEARE AT THE GLOBE 1599–1609

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. PREMISES FOR A STUDY OF SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMATIC FORM

II. FORM AND FUNCTION IN THE FINALES OF THE GLOBE PLAYS

III. THE NATURE AND FORM OF THE “CLIMAX” IN THE GLOBE PLAYS

IV. STRUCTURAL PATTERNS IN THE DRAMATIC NARRATIVE

V. SCENE STRUCTURE IN SHAKESPEARE

VI. DRAMATIC UNITY IN THE GLOBE PLAYS

I. LOCALIZATION IN SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE PLAYS

II. THE PARTS OF THE STAGE

III. THE DESIGN OF THE STAGE

I. THE RELATION OF TUDOR RHETORIC TO ELIZABETHAN ACTING

II. THE INFLUENCE OF THEATRICAL TRADITIONS UPON ELIZABETHAN ACTING

III. THE EFFECT OF PLAYING CONDITIONS UPON ELIZABETHAN ACTING

IV. ACTING AND THE ELIZABETHAN VIEW OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR

V. THE EFFECT OF THE GLOBE PLAYS UPON THE ACTING

I. STAGE ILLUSION AT THE GLOBE PLAYHOUSE

II. STAGE GROUPING AT THE GLOBE PLAYHOUSE

III. ACTORS’ ENTRANCES UPON THE GLOBE STAGE

IV. RECURRENT PATTERNS OF STAGING

V. THE STAGING OF THE FINALES

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

NOTES

INDEX TO THE GLOBE PLAYS

GENERAL INDEX