The Elizabethan Stage, Vol. 4 - E. K. Chambers

Wallingford (Berks.), iv. [85].
Waltham (Essex), iv. [102], [104], [108], [111].
Waltons (Essex), iv. [95].
Walworth (Durham), iv. [116].
Wanstead (Essex), i. [125]; iii. [492]; iv. [79], [93], [94], [95], [96], [98], [99], [126].
Ware (Herts.), i. [13]; iv. [119].
Warnborough, South (Hants), iv. [114], [117].
Warnford (Hants), iv. [106].
Warwick, i. [139]; iv. [83], [88].
Wells (Somerset), i. [126]; iv. [128].
Westenhanger (Kent), iv. [89].
Weymouth (Dorset), plays at, ii. [2].
Whaddon (Bucks.), iv. [84].
Wheathampstead (Herts.), iv. [123].
Wherwell (Hants), iv. [85].
Whittington (Glos.), iv. [107].
Widdrington (Northumberland), iv. [116].
Wield (Hants), iv. [106].
Wight, Isle of, iv. [117], [122], [125].
Willesden (Middlesex), iv. [108].
Willington (Beds.), iv. [83].
Wilton (Wilts.), i. [122], [143]; ii. [209]; iii. [238], [272], [337], [492]; iv. [90], [117], [168].
Wimbledon (Surrey), iv. [101], [106], [108], [112], [115].
Winchelsea (Sussex), iv. [89].
Winchester (Hants), i. [11]; iii. [285], [468]; iv. [78], [90], [106], [117], [350];
plays at, ii. [1].
Windsor (Berks.), i. [9], [15], [20], [142]; ii. [61], [160]; iv. [77–130] passim.
Windsor Forest—Burley Bushes, iv. [100];
Folly John Park, iv. [93], [99], [105], [114];
Mote Park, iv. [99], [114];
New Lodge, iv. [80], [102], [105], [113], [115];
Twelve Oaks, iv. [80].
Wing (Bucks.), iv. [86].
Wingham (Kent), iv. [89].
Winterslow (Wilts.), iv. [90].
Witney (Oxon.), iv. [37], [107].
Woburn (Beds.), i. [110]; iv. [88].
Woking (Surrey), i. [13]; iv. [84], [85], [97], [99], [100], [105], [115], [120].
Wollaton (Notts.), iv. [116];
plays at, ii. [2].
Wooburn (Bucks.), iv. [92].
Wood Rising (Norfolk), iv. [95].
Woodhall (Herts.), iv. [91].
Woodstock (Oxon.), i. [11], [13], [121], [142]; iii. [267], [400–2], [404–7]; iv. [83], [88], [90], [92], [107], [117], [119], [120], [124], [127], [129].
Woolwich (Kent), iii. [369]; iv. [77], [124], [129].
Worcester, i. [116], [387]; iv. [92].
Worksop (Notts.), iv. [116].
Wrest (Beds.), iv. [83], [126].
Wroxton (Oxon.), iv. [120].
Wye (Kent), iv. [89].
Wylye (Wilts.), iv. [90].

Yarmouth (Norfolk), i. [298], [336], [355]; iii. [451].
Yarnton (Oxon.), iv. [107].
Yattendon (Berks.), iv. [85].
York, i. [336]; iv. [69], [116];
plays at, ii. [1].
Yorkshire, i. [277], [304], [328]; iv. [264].

INDEX IV: OF SUBJECTS

Abergavenny’s men, ii. [92].
‘Above’, iii. [91–8], [115], [133], [153].
Abridgement of plays, iii. [186], [251].
Academic plays, lists of, i. [127–31]; iv. [273–9];
staging of, i. [226];
critics of, i. [249].
Accession day, i. [18], [128], [141–8]; iii. [212], [402], [405–6], [463]; iv. [85], [375].
Accidents at performances, i. [128], [228], [256], [264], [283], [290]; ii. [135], [175], [462]; iii. [311]; iv. [208], [219], [225], [274], [292–5].
Activities, i. [123], [282], [300]; ii. [99], [101], [110], [111], [118–19], [136], [182], [261–3], [272], [292], [294], [413], [529], [550]; iv. [97], [98], [99], [101], [102], [103], [104], [105], [112], [114], [154], [156], [158], [159], [161], [162], [163], [167], [174], [205], [206], [217], [273], [279], [283].
Actors. See [Players].
Acts, iii. [124], [130], [199].
Admiral, lord, i. [67].
Admiral’s men, ii. [134–86].
Adult companies, list of, ii. [77].
‘Alcove’, iii. [82], [111], [120].
Allowances. See [Licences].
Almonry, i. [35];
boys of, ii. [9], [70].
Alphabetical figures in masks, i. [198]; iii. [378], [383].
‘Alternationist’ theory of staging, iii. [120].
Amalgamation of companies, i. [355]; ii. [17], [94], [95], [112], [113], [120], [124], [129], [132], [136], [140], [155], [192–3], [225], [244], [248], [258]; iii. [343–4].
Amanuensis to playwright, iii. [368].
Ambassadors, i. [22–5], [204]; iii. [241], [243], [246], [277], [280], [283], [376], [380], [382], [384], [385], [386], [389], [390]; iv. [63], [77], [79], [81], [84], [87], [96], [98], [100], [118], [119], [120].
Animals on stage, i. [372]; iii. [75].
Anne, warrant to players from, ii. [234].
‘Antemasque’, i. [194]; iii. [261], [281]; iv. [59].
‘Antick’ dance, iii. [385].
‘Antick’ play, iii. [502]; iv. [101], [159].
‘Anticke-maske’, i. [194]; iii. [244]; iv. [59].
Antimask, i. [193]; iii. [381], [383], [385], [386].
Apparel of players, i. [348], [352], [358], [362], [371], [372]; ii. [131], [168], [184], [215], [228], [243], [245], [248], [254], [256]; iv. [199], [204], [217], [237], [240], [241], [304].
‘Apparelling’ charges, i. [63].
Apprentices, plays by, iii. [493], [496].
Apprentices to players, i. [371]; ii. [154], [212].
Arbori, iv. [362].
‘Arbours’, iii. [55], [89].
Archery, i. [139], [290].
Armada day, i. [22].
Armoury, office of, i. [49]; iii. [399].
Arms of players, i. [350]; ii. [98], [305], [333].
‘Arras’, iii. [80], [111], [133]; iv. [367].
Arthur and Round Table show, i. [139]; iv. [102].
Articles of players, i. [352], [364–5], [379]; ii. [45], [65], [241], [245], [247], [254–5].
Arundel’s men, ii. [116].
Assaults in masks, i. [151], [154], [191].
‘Assembled’ texts of plays, iii. [185], [194].
Associations of players, i. [352]; ii. [3].
Atmospheric phenomena on stage, iii. [76], [110].
Attacks on plays. See [Ethics].
Attendants in playhouses, i. [371]; ii. [150], [187], [541].
Audit, i. [58–62]; iv. [131].
Auditorium. See [Court plays], [Playhouses].
Augmentations, court of, i. [60].
Aulaeum, iii. [11].
‘Ave, Caesar’, iv. [10].

Baboons, iii. [215], [234], [261], [369]; iv. [11], [16], [254].
Back cloths, iii. [129].
Badges of players, i. [311], [382]; ii. [81], [91].
Ballet in France, i. [176].
Banqueting houses, i. [15–17], [74], [80], [84], [90], [116], [157], [202], [216]; iii. [401].
Banquets after masks, i. [206]; iii. [235], [280], [283], [376].
Barbaturiae, i. [152], [192].
Barriers, i. [19], [140]; iii. [378], [385], [393]; iv. [57], [64], [77], [86], [87], [96], [98], [109], [114], [120], [124];
in play, i. [232];
in show, iii. [501].
Battle scenes, iii. [52], [106].
Battlements in court plays, i. [231]; iii. [44], [91].
‘Beam’ on Paul’s stage, iii. [136].
Bear-baiting, ii. [375], [449–71];
days for, i. [316]; ii. [257], [471]; iv. [307].
See [Blind Bear].
Beargardens, ii. [376–9], [449–72].
‘Beards’, ii. [105].
‘Bears’ in masks, iii. [385], [388];
in plays, iv. [35].
Bears, names of, ii. [457].
Bed Chamber, i. [14], [53].
Bed ‘thrust out’, iii. [113].
‘Bed-curtains’, iii. [86], [112].
Bel Savage playhouse, ii. [382].
Bell playhouse, ii. [381].
‘Benefits’, i. [370], [373]; ii. [172].
Berkeley’s men, ii. [103].
‘Bills’, ii. [113], [514], [547]; iii. [373], [501]; iv. [199], [205], [228], [267], [283], [289], [303].
Birthday of sovereign, i. [20].
Black stages, iii. [79].
Blackfriars, children of, ii. [53–5].
Blackfriars playhouse (1576), ii. [495–7].
Blackfriars playhouse (1596), ii. [503–15].
Blind bear, whipping of, ii. [456–8], [469].
Board and cord game, i. [123].
Boar’s Head playhouse, ii. [443–5].
Bonds of players, i. [352]; ii. [131], [224].
‘Bookholders’, ii. [540]; iv. [404].
‘Books’, as stock of players, i. [372]; ii. [65], [161], [168]; iii. [193];
used by prompter, i. [227]; ii. [540];
provided for court audience, i. [227]; ii. [72]; iv. [378];
describing masks, i. [207]; ii. [264]; iii. [278], [281], [382];
describing tilt, i. [145].
See [Original], [Play-texts].
Books hawked in playhouses, ii. [549].
‘Bouche of court’, i. [51].
‘Boxes’, ii. [531], [555]; iii. [496].
‘Boxholders’, i. [356]; ii. [187], [388], [514], [532]; iv. [228].
Boy bishop, ii. [11].
Boy companies, ii. [8–76], [88], [100–1], [119];
list of, ii. [8];
organization of, i. [378], [386]; ii. [47];
staging for, iii. [130–54].
Boys in women’s clothes, i. [248], [251], [254], [262], [362], [371]; iii. [373]; iv. [217], [249], [252], [256], [258].
Brandenburg, players at court of, ii. [288–92].
Brawls, i. [198]; iii. [239].
Bride ale, i. [123].
Bristol, children of Chamber of, ii. [68].
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, players at court of, ii. [275–7].
Bull playhouse, ii. [380].
Bull-baiting, ii. [449], [454–8].
Bullettini (tickets), iii. [496].
Burning of playhouses, ii. [419], [442].
‘By’ progresses, i. [20], [120].

Calciatura, i. [51].
Calvinism and plays, i. [245].
Camera regis, i. [54].
Camerarii, i. [36].
Camp scenes, iii. [53], [106].
Candelieri, iv. [364].
Candlemas, i. [20], [213].
‘Canopy’, ii. [557]; iii. [138], [141], [142], [148].
Capitalism and profit-sharing, i. [360–8]; ii. [248–50].
Captain of Guard, i. [47].
Cards in playhouse, ii. [549]; iv. [368].
Cart-takers, i. [117].
Casamenti (houses), iii. [5]; iv. [355], [356], [359], [360].
Case (houses), iii. [3–12].
‘Castles’, i. [11].
‘Casts’, number of players required for, i. [332]; iii. [179], [317], [437], [470], [504], [505], [517]; iv. [7], [13], [20], [21], [37], [51];
players’ names in, iii. [510].
Censorship, i. [224], [239], [240], [246], [249], [266], [271], [275], [282], [283], [288], [289], [295], [303], [318–22]; iii. [158–77], [191], [365], [367]; iv. [2], [6], [32], [35], [45], [261], [263], [264], [269], [271], [274], [288], [306].
See [Licences], [Master of Revels], [Play-texts], [Restraints], [Satire], [Sedition].
Ceremonies, Master of, i. [53].
Challenges for tilt, i. [142].
Chamber accounts, i. [58–66]; iv. [132–5], [140], [142–83] (extracts).
Chamber as organ of administration, i. [56].
Chamber officers, i. [42–7].
Chamber scenes, iii. [65], [94], [111].
Chamberers, i. [44].
Chamberlain, Great, i. [32].
Chamberlain of Household, Lord, i. [36–41], [48], [50], [66], [67], [100], [108], [205], [209], [218], [224], [226];
of Queen Anne’s household, ii. [237].
Chamberlain’s men, ii. [92–3], [134–5], [193–208].
‘Chameleon’ players, i. [340], [376], [378], [383]; ii. [3], [98]; iii. [325].
Chancellor, Lord, iv. [67].
Chancery, i. [31], [55].
Chapel, children of, ii. [23–48], [50], [52], [59], [60].
Chapel Royal, i. [14], [48]; ii. [24]; iv. [352];
plays in, ii. [35].
‘Cheques’ for tilt, iv. [64].
Children, of Blackfriars, ii. [53–5];
Chamber of Bristol, ii. [68];
Chapel, ii. [23–48], [50], [52], [59], [60];
Eton, ii. [73];
King’s Revels, ii. [64–8];
Merchant Taylors, ii. [75];
Paul’s, ii. [8–23];
Queen’s Revels, ii. [48–51], [56–61];
Revels, ii. [51];
Revels to Queen Anne (1623), iii. [474]; iv. [43];
Westminster, ii. [69–73];
Whitefriars, ii. [55];
Windsor, ii. [61–4].
Children of the Chapel Stript and Whipt, i. [278]; ii. [34].
‘Christian Terence’, i. [239]; iii. [12], [321].
Christmas, i. [19], [213]; ii. [24], [71], [74]; iv. [237].
Christmas Prince, iv. [71].
Churches, plays in, i. [336]; ii. [35];
advertised in, iv. [210].
‘Cities’ in court plays, i. [231]; iii. [44].
Civic receptions, i. [126], [131].
Claque, ii. [549].
Clerk of Market, i. [116].
Clerk of Revels and Tents, i. [73], [83], [94].
Clerk Comptroller of Revels and Tents, i. [73], [94].
‘Clerk plays’ ii. [265].
Clinton’s men, ii. [96].
‘Close walk’, iii. [56].
Closet, i. [14], [48].
‘Closet’ plays, iii. [19], [208], [236], [247], [275], [321], [330].
Clowns, ii. [152], [334].
Cockmaster, i. [53].
Cockpit at court, i. [8];
as playhouse, i. [216], [234].
Cockpit, Drury Lane, playhouse, ii. [238], [240], [302], [372]; iv. [15].
Coffer Chamber, i. [45].
Cofferer of Household, i. [35], [50], [115]; iv. [134].
Comedie, iv. [358–60].
Comedy, definitions of, i. [238], [239], [257].
Comitas, i. [250].
Commedia dell’ arte, ii. [262–3], [553]; iii. [13].
Commedia sostenuta, ii. [264]; iii. [11], [13].
Commissions, to take up boys, ii. [17], [24], [27], [31], [33], [41], [43], [50], [52], [62], [64];
for Revels office, i. [84], [89].
‘Commoning’ in mask, i. [153], [197].
Competition of companies, i. [386]; ii. [7], [367].
‘Compositions’ of players, i. [352]; ii. [174], [191], [237].
Comptroller of Household, i. [35], [55], [67].
Continent, players on, i. [342–7]; ii. [271–94].
Contracts for playhouses, ii. [436], [466];
with players, ii. [151–5].
Conversion of players abroad, ii. [290].
Copper lace, i. [208]; ii. [184]; iv. [367].
‘Copy’ for printed plays, iii. [193], [432].
Copyright, iii. [159], [172–7], [186–91], [395]; iv. [48].
Corantos, i. [198]; iii. [234], [239], [241], [278], [280], [282], [375], [378], [380], [383], [385], [390], [435]; iv. [57], [59], [115].
‘Coronation’ Day. See [Accession day].
Coronations, i. [131–4]; ii. [29]; iii. [392]; iv. [60], [69].
Corrector of press, iv. [40].
‘Correctors’ of books, iii. [165], [167], [192].
Council Chamber, i. [14].
‘Counting-house’, iii. [69].
Court plays, i. [213–19], [223–34];
statistics of, ii. [3–8];
seasons for, i. [213];
rooms for, i. [216];
rewards for, i. [217];
Revels officers at, i. [223];
lighting of, i. [225];
auditorium for, i. [226];
staging of, i. [229]; iii. [1–46].
See [Auditorium], [Battlements], [Cities], [Domus], [Front Curtains], [Maisons], [Payments], [Perspective], [Rehearsals], [Senate houses], [State], [Walls].
Courtyard scenes, iii. [61].
Cressets, ii. [543].
Cross Keys playhouse, ii. [383].
‘Cues’, ii. [541]; iv. [367].
Curia regis, i. [30], [54], [66].
Curtain playhouse, ii. [400–4].
Curtains, iii. [78], [81], [111];
on court stage, i. [231]; iii. [21], [30], [33], [35], [44], [46];
in masks, i. [181].
See [Arras], [Aulaeum], [Bed curtains], [Black], [Discoveries], [Front curtains], [Hangings], [Sinking], [Traverse], [Veil].
Cutpurses in playhouses, i. [264], [283], [304], [317]; ii. [403], [441], [447], [545];
at court, iii. [376–7], [387].