The Elizabethan Stage, Vol. 2

by E. K. Chambers

THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE
VOL. II

Oxford University Press

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FROM THE ENGRAVING BY WENCESLAUS HOLLAR IN DUGDALE’S

St. Paul’s 1658

THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE
BY E. K. CHAMBERS. VOL. II

OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
M.CMXXIII

Printed in England

CONTENTS
VOLUME II

BOOK III. THE COMPANIES
				PAGE
XII.	Introduction. The Boy Companies			[1]
	A.	Introduction		[3]
	B.	The Boy Companies—
		i.	Children of Paul’s	[8]
		ii.	Children of the Chapel and Queen’s Revels	[23]
		iii.	Children of Windsor	[61]
		iv.	Children of the King’s Revels	[64]
		v.	Children of Bristol	[68]
		vi.	Westminster School	[69]
		vii.	Eton College	[73]
		viii.	Merchant Taylors School	[75]
		ix.	The Earl of Leicester’s Boys	[76]
		x.	The Earl of Oxford’s Boys	[76]
		xi.	Mr. Stanley’s Boys	[76]
XIII.	The Adult Companies			[77]
		i.	The Court Interluders	[77]
		ii.	The Earl of Leicester’s Men	[85]
		iii.	Lord Rich’s Men	[91]
		iv.	Lord Abergavenny’s Men	[92]
		v.	The Earl of Sussex’s Men	[92]
		vi.	Sir Robert Lane’s Men	[96]
		vii.	The Earl of Lincoln’s (Lord Clinton’s) Men	[96]
		viii.	The Earl of Warwick’s Men	[97]
		ix.	The Earl of Oxford’s Men	[99]
		x.	The Earl of Essex’s Men	[102]
		xi.	Lord Vaux’s Men	[103]
		xii.	Lord Berkeley’s Men	[103]
		xiii.	Queen Elizabeth’s Men	[104]
		xiv.	The Earl of Arundel’s Men	[116]
		xv.	The Earl of Hertford’s Men	[116]
		xvi.	Mr. Evelyn’s Men	[117]
		xvii.	The Earl of Derby’s (Lord Strange’s) Men	[118]
		xviii.	The Earl of Pembroke’s Men	[128]
		xix.	The Lord Admiral’s (Lord Howard’s, Earl of Nottingham’s), Prince Henry’s,and Elector Palatine’s Men	[134]
		xx.	The Lord Chamberlain’s (Lord Hunsdon’s) and King’s Men	[192]
		xxi.	The Earl of Worcester’s and Queen Anne’s Men	[220]
		xxii.	The Duke of Lennox’s Men	[241]
		xxiii.	The Duke of York’s (Prince Charles’s) Men	[241]
		xxiv.	The Lady Elizabeth’s Men	[246]
XIV.	International Companies			[261]
		i.	Italian Players in England	[261]
		ii.	English Players in Scotland	[265]
		iii.	English Players on the Continent	[270]
XV.	Actors			[295]
BOOK IV. THE PLAY-HOUSES
XVI.	Introduction. The Public Theatres			[353]
	A.	Introduction		[355]
	B.	The Public Theatres—
		i.	The Red Lion Inn	[379]
		ii.	The Bull Inn	[380]
		iii.	The Bell Inn	[381]
		iv.	The Bel Savage Inn	[382]
		v.	The Cross Keys Inn	[383]
		vi.	The Theatre	[383]
		vii.	The Curtain	[400]
		viii.	Newington Butts	[404]
		ix.	The Rose	[405]
		x.	The Swan	[411]
		xi.	The Globe	[414]
		xii.	The Fortune	[435]
		xiii.	The Boar’s Head	[443]
		xiv.	The Red Bull	[445]
		xv.	The Hope	[448]
		xvi.	Porter’s Hall	[472]
XVII.	The Private Theatres			[475]
		i.	The Blackfriars	[475]
		ii.	The Whitefriars	[515]
XVIII.	The Structure and Conduct of Theatres			[518]