Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609

by Bernard Beckerman

APPENDIX B

i. Localization in Shakespeare’s Globe Plays

	Type of Locale
Play	Particular		General		Neutral		Total Scenes
	P	D	P	D	P	D
Julius Caesar	6		2	9	1		18(f)
As You Like It	1		3	18			22
Twelfth Night	2		4	9		3	18
Hamlet	1	3	10	6			20
Merry Wives of Windsor	3	13	1	5		1	23
Troilus and Cressida	4	6	2	11	1		24
All’s Well	1		1	17	1	3	23
Measure for Measure	6		4	2	4	1	17(g)
Othello	1	3	5	2	4		15
Lear	2	1	2	14	1	3	23(h)
Macbeth	1	2	8	9		7	27
Antony and Cleopatra	4		8	15	8	7	42
Coriolanus	3	4	9	8	3	2	29
Timon of Athens	4	1	4	5	1	2	17(i)
Pericles	2	5	4	12	4		27(j)
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	41	38	67	142	24	33	345

P. probably
D. definitely

(f) IV, ii and iii treated separately.

(g) Number of scenes for Measure for Measure is based on Folio numbering.

(h) II, ii-iv are treated as one scene following Quarto and Folio.

(i) IV, iii-iv are treated as one scene.

(j) Choruses involving dumb shows are treated as scenes.

ii. Properties Required in the Globe Plays

THE SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS:

Property	Plays	Scenes		Method of Introduction
Tables	Othello	I,	iii	probably discovered
	Pericles	II,	iii	no indication
	Antony and Cleopatra	II,	vii	brought on
	Antony and Cleopatra	I,	ii	brought on
	Timon	I,	ii	brought on
	Timon	III,	vi	brought on
	Macbeth	III,	iv	probably brought on
	As You Like It	II,	v	probably brought on
	Hamlet	V,	ii	brought on
	Macbeth	V,	i	use uncertain
	Julius Caesar	IV,	iii	use uncertain
Seats	Antony and Cleopatra	II,	vii	brought on (stool)
	Coriolanus	II,	ii	brought on (stool)
	Othello	V,	ii	brought on
	King Lear	IV,	vii	brought on
	Julius Caesar	III,	i	probably brought on
	Hamlet	I,	i	probably brought on
	Measure for Measure	V,	i	probably brought on
	All’s Well	II,	i	probably brought on
	Pericles	V,	i	probably brought on
	Pericles	V,	i	probably discovered
	Antony and Cleopatra	III,	x	probably brought on
	Coriolanus	I,	iii	probably brought on
	Hamlet	III,	iv	no indication
	King Lear	III,	vi	no indication
	Julius Caesar	IV,	iii	no indication
	Pericles	I,	ii	no indication
	All’s Well	II,	iii	no indication
	Coriolanus	V,	iii	no indication
	Antony and Cleopatra	II,	ii	no indication
	Macbeth	III,	iv	probably discovered
	Hamlet	III,	ii	no indication
	King Lear	III,	vii	no indication
Beds	Antony and Cleopatra	V,	ii	taken off
	Pericles	III,	i	probably discovered
	Othello	V,	ii	probably discovered
	Julius Caesar	IV,	iii	no indication (cushions)
	King Lear	III,	vii	probably discovered (cushions)
	Pericles	V,	i	discovered
Scaffold	Antony and Cleopatra	IV,	xvi	probably brought on
	Julius Caesar	III,	ii	brought on
	Troilus and Cressida	I,	ii	probably brought on
Tombs	Timon	V,	iii	no indication
	Pericles	IV,	iv	no indication
Tents	Julius Caesar	IV,	ii	use uncertain
	All’s Well	III,	vi	use uncertain
	Troilus and Cressida	I,	iii	use uncertain
Trees, Rocks, etc.	As You Like It	III,	ii	use uncertain
	All’s Well	IV,	i	use uncertain
	As You Like It	II,	v	use uncertain
	King Lear	V,	ii	use uncertain
	Antony and Cleopatra	IV,	xiii	use uncertain
	Timon	IV,	iii	use uncertain
	Twelfth Night	II,	v	no indication
	Hamlet	III,	ii	no indication
Straw	King Lear	III,	iv	discovered
	Julius Caesar	V,	v	no indication
	Julius Caesar	V,	iii	use uncertain
	Merry Wives of Windsor	V,	vi	use uncertain
Statue	Julius Caesar	III,	i	use uncertain
Desk	Merry Wives of Windsor	I,	iv	use uncertain
Stocks	King Lear	II,	ii	brought on
Cauldron	Macbeth	IV,	i	taken off
Chest	Pericles	III,	ii	brought on
Corpses	Pericles	I,	i	probably discovered

Total number of properties		65
Less properties whose use is uncertain		15
Total number of properties used		50
Properties brought on	12	24% ┐
Properties probably brought on	11	22% ├	50%
Properties taken off	2	4% ┘
Properties discovered	2	4% ┐	18%
Properties probably discovered	7	14% ┘
Properties for whom method of introduction is not indicated	16		32%

THE NON-SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS:(k)

Property	Plays	Scenes		Method of Introduction
Tables	Every Man Out of His Humour	II,	ii	use uncertain
	Every Man Out of His Humour	V,	iv	no indication
	Cromwell		vii	brought on
	Devil’s Charter	IV,	iv	use uncertain
	Devil’s Charter	Prologue		probably brought on
	Devil’s Charter	IV,	iii	brought on
	Devil’s Charter	V,	vi	brought on
	Devil’s Charter	V,	iv	brought on
	Fair Maid of Bristow		i	use uncertain
	Miseries of Enforced Marriage		xii	brought on
	Revenger’s Tragedy	V,	iii	brought on
Seats	Merry Devil of Edmonton	Prologue		discovered
	London Prodigal		ii	probably brought on
	Yorkshire Tragedy		viii	brought on
	Miseries of Enforced Marriage		xii	brought on
	Devil’s Charter	IV,	v	probably brought on
	Devil’s Charter	V,	vi	discovered
	Devil’s Charter	V,	vi	brought on
	Devil’s Charter	I,	v	brought on
	Devil’s Charter	Prologue		brought on
	Devil’s Charter	II,	i	no indication
	Devil’s Charter	I,	iv	discovered
	Cromwell		vi	discovered
	Every Man Out of His Humour	II,	ii	probably brought on
	Every Man Out of His Humour	Chorus		brought on
	Sejanus	II,	ii	no indication
	Sejanus	III,	i	probably brought on
	Volpone	V,	xii	probably brought on
	Volpone	IV,	v	probably brought on
	Volpone	V,	iii	brought on
	Revenger’s Tragedy	I,	ii	no indication
	Revenger’s Tragedy	V,	i	probably discovered
Beds	Merry Devil of Edmonton	Prologue		discovered
	Devil’s Charter	IV,	v	taken off
	Volpone	I,	ii	no indication
	Revenger’s Tragedy	I,	iv	discovered
	Revenger’s Tragedy	II,	iv	no indication
Tents	Devil’s Charter	Prologue		probably brought on
	Devil’s Charter	IV,	iv	no indication
Scaffold	Volpone	II,	ii	brought on
	Fair Maid of Bristow		xiii	taken off
Raised Structure	Every Man Out of His Humour	III,	ii	no indication
Writing Desk	Miseries of Enforced Marriage		iii	use uncertain
	Miseries of Enforced Marriage		iv	use uncertain
	Cromwell		iii	discovered
	Volpone	V,	ii	no indication
Trees, Rocks, etc.	Merry Devil of Edmonton		x	use uncertain
	Merry Devil of Edmonton		x	use uncertain
	Merry Devil of Edmonton		i	use uncertain
	Miseries of Enforced Marriage		ix	no indication
	Miseries of Enforced Marriage		ix	use uncertain
	Every Man Out of His Humour	III,	iii	use uncertain
Gibbets	A Larum for London		viii	use uncertain
	A Larum for London		xi	use uncertain
Post	A Larum for London		xiv	use uncertain
	Cromwell		v	use uncertain
	Every Man Out of His Humour	III,	i	use uncertain
Tortoise	Volpone	IV,	iv	no indication
Chest	Volpone	I,	i	no indication
Altar	Sejanus	V,	iv	no indication
Magic Glass	Devil’s Charter	IV,	i	discovered
Statue	Devil’s Charter	I,	ii	use uncertain
Earthen Vessel	Devil’s Charter	IV,	i	brought on
Prop Lion or Dragon	Devil’s Charter	IV,	i	brought on
Cupboard	Devil’s Charter	V,	iv	brought on
Hearse	A Larum for London		ii	brought on
Cannon	A Larum for London	II,	ii	use uncertain
Corpse	Revenger’s Tragedy	V,	i	no indication

Total number of properties		68
Less properties whose use is uncertain		17
Total number of properties used		51
Properties brought on	18	35.3% ┐
Properties probably brought on	8	15.7% ├	54.9%
Properties taken off	2	3.9% ┘
Properties discovered	8	15.7% ┐	17.6%
Properties probably discovered	1	1.9% ┘
Properties for which method of introduction is not indicated	14		27.5%

(k) This list of properties does not include properties from Satiromastix or The Malcontent.