The Elizabethan Stage, Vol. 2

by E. K. Chambers

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]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Domus Capitularis Sti Pauli a Meridie Prospectus. By Wenceslaus Hollar. From Sir William Dugdale, History of St. Paul’s Cathedral (1658)	[Frontispiece]
Diagrams of the Blackfriars Theatres	[p. 504]
Interior of the Swan Theatre. From the drawing after Johannes de Witt in Arend van Buchell’s commonplace book	[p. 521]

NOTE ON SYMBOLS

I have found it convenient, especially in Appendix A, to use the symbol < following a date, to indicate an uncertain date not earlier than that named, and the symbol > followed by a date, to indicate an uncertain date not later than that named. Thus 1903 < > 23 would indicate the composition date of any part of this book. I have sometimes placed the date of a play in italics, where it was desirable to indicate the date of production rather than publication.

BOOK III
THE COMPANIES

‘Has led the drum before the English tragedians.’

All’s Well that Ends Well.

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INTRODUCTION. THE BOY COMPANIES