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

St. Elizabeth’s Day, i. [18].
St. George’s Day, i. [20]; iii. [367]; iv. [71].
St. Peter’s watch, iv. [81].
Salisbury Court playhouse, ii. [373], [375], [517].
Satire in plays, i. [258], [261–3], [268–9], [322–8]; iv. [194], [238], [253], [256], [368];
of bishops, i. [294];
citizens, i. [264]; iv. [239];
courtiers, iii. [310];
French, i. [323]; ii. [53]; iii. [257], [426];
Henri IV, ii. [53];
James, i. [325–8]; ii. [53];
humours, i. [263];
lawyers, iii. [365], [475];
magistrates, iv. [254].
persons of honour, i. [321], [324], [327]; ii. [343]; iii. [455], [496]; iv. [332];
Poles, iii. [455];
Puritans, i. [261], [262], [294]; iii. [372], [476]; iv. [229–33], [245], [249];
Scotch, i. [323], [326]; ii. [51]; iii. [254], [286], [354], [432];
soldiers, iii. [365];
sovereigns, i. [327–8], [493]; iv. [247], [254];
Spanish, i. [323];
Swedish, i. [324];
usurers, iii. [286], [288]; iv. [239];
women, iii. [417]; &c., &c.
See [Marprelate], [Sedition].
Satyre, iv. [362].
Saxony, players at court of, ii. [288–9].
Scale (steps), iv. [358].
Scena, ii. [539]; iii. [3].
Scenae trigemina corona, i. [251].
Scenarie, iv. [404].
Scene, iv. [353–65].
Scenes, as background for stage, i. [233]; iii. [12], [129]; iv. [366], [370], [371], [372].
for masks, i. [155], [170–84];
as divisions of play, iii. [50], [125], [131], [199];
types of, iii. [50–68], [106].
See [Perspective].
Scenic presentation. See [Staging].
Schoolboy plays, i. [378]; ii. [11], [69–76]; iii. [211].
Scotland, players in, i. [341]; ii. [78], [265–70].
Scriveners’ copies of plays, iii. [193].
Seasons for plays, i. [329].
Seats on stage, ii. [534–8]; iv. [366–8].
Secondaries of the Compter, plays licensed by, i. [275].
Secretaries of State, i. [48], [56], [67], [68].
Secretarii, i. [55], [56].
Sedie (seats), iv. [355], [358].
Sedilia, ii. [530].
Sedition in plays, i. [264], [266], [271], [273], [275], [283], [295], [299]; iii. [453–5]; iv. [322].
See [Politics], [Restraints], [Satire], [Theology].
‘Senate houses’, i. [231]; iii. [44], [58], [95].
Serjeants, i. [34], [42];
at Arms, i. [47];
Servitors in playhouses. See [Attendants].
Setting of plays. See [Staging].
Sewers for Chamber, i. [46].
‘Shadow’, ii. [544].
Sharers, i. [352–8], [369]; iv. [369].
Sharers Papers of 1635, i. [357]; ii. [59], [384], [417], [425], [508–10].
Shepherds, king and queen of, iv. [66].
Ship-board scenes, iii. [116].
Shoes, in play, ii. [326], [365]; iii. [362].
Shops on stage, iii. [59], [110].
Shorthand, plays reported by, iii. [185], [343–4].
Shrovetide, i. [20], [213]; iv. [237].
Shrove-Tuesday riots, i. [265]; ii. [240].
‘Side’ of stage, iii. [74].
Siege scenes, iii. [38], [54], [96].
Signet, Clerks of, i. [48], [57].
Signet licences for players, i. [306], [338]; ii. [260].
Signs of theatres, ii. [362], [400], [424].
Silver mine, satire of, in play, ii. [53].
Sinking curtains, iii. [9], [30].
Size of companies, i. [354].
Small seals, i. [56].
Smoking in playhouse, ii. [548]; iv. [367].
‘Solace’ of queen, i. [267], [292].
‘Soundings’ in playhouse, ii. [542]; iii. [72]; iv. [368].
Sovereign, plays licensed by, i. [275].
Spain, players in, ii. [292].
Spanish landings in Cornwall, iv. [251].
Spectators, rôle of, in mask, i. [150], [153], [155], [197].
‘Split’ scenes, iii. [86].
Square playhouse, ii. [439], [524].
Stage, structure of, ii. [528].
Stage-directions, nature of, iii. [180], [193–8];
players named in, iii. [196], [227], [271], [285], [295], [330]; iv. [32], [43], [45].
Stagekeepers, ii. [109], [541]; iv. [38].
Staging, in Italy, iii. [2–12]; iv. [353–65];
in France, iii. [12–19];
at court, iii. [19–46];
in 16th century, iii. [47–102];
in 17th century, iii. [103–30];
in private theatres, iii. [130–54];
change of locality the problem of, iii. [18], [99], [121–30].
See [Above], [Academic], [Alcove], [Alternationist], [Animals], [Arbours], [Arras], [Atmospheric], [Back cloths], [Beam], [Bears], [Bed], [Black], [Canopy], [Castles], [Close walk], [Counting house], [Curtains], [Descents], [Diagrams], [Discoveries], [Domus], [Doors], [Edge], [Εκκύκλημα], [End], [Entrance], [Excursions], [Foreshortening], [Hangings], [Heavens], [Hell], [Houses], [Hut], [Interior action], [Interludes], [Juxtaposition], [Locality], [Machines], [Multiple], [Out-of-doors], [Over], [Perspective], [Place], [Posts], [Properties], [Rake], [Recesses], [Rivers], [Rushes], [Scenes], [Senate houses], Shops, [Side], [Stairs], [Standardization], [Studies], [Tents], [Throne], [Thunder], [Titles], [Traps], [Traverse], Trees, Upper stage, [Walls], [Windows], [Wings].
‘Stairs’, iii. [95].
‘Standardization of effects’, iii. [2], [50], [131].
‘Standing’ houses, i. [8], [115];
offices, i. [49], [71], [102];
Stanley’s boys, ii. [119].
Star Chamber, i. [67], [69], [273], [300], [328]; ii. [43]; iv. [327];
orders of, on printing, iii. [162], [166], [172].
‘State’ for sovereign, i. [203], [226].
Stationers, ethics of, iii. [186].
Stationers’ Company, iii. [160–77], [186–91], [505]; iv. [265], [303].
Stationers’ Register, iii. [158], [163–77], [188–91], [422]; iv. [379], [398].
Statistics of plays, iii. [22], [49], [105], [177], [181–3].
Statutes concerning players, i. [270], [276], [279], [299], [303], [304]; iv. [260], [263], [269], [324], [336], [338].
‘Staying’ of printing, ii. [172], [204]; iii. [183–91], [292], [359–60].
Steward of Household, Lord, i. [35], [55], [67].
‘Stinkards’, ii. [533]; iv. [366].
Stock of playing companies, i. [352], [372]; ii. [55], [137], [230], [243].
Stole, Groom of, i. [53].
‘Stools’, ii. [535–7]; iv. [366–8].
Strade (gangways), iv. [355].
Strange’s men, ii. [118–24].
Street scenes, iii. [56].
Strenae, i. [5], [19].
‘Strolling’ players, i. [332].
‘Studies’, iii. [67], [110].
Suburbs convenient for players, i. [278], [284], [298], [300]; ii. [370].
Sunday performances, i. [255], [283], [285], [287–90], [293–6], [301], [302], [314]; iv. [195], [200], [201], [202], [203], [206], [210], [221], [225], [249], [262], [267], [268], [275], [279], [282], [285], [288], [292], [295], [296], [297], [302], [305], [307], [310], [329], [335].
‘Supers’, i. [371].
‘Surreptitious’ prints of plays, iii. [184–92].
Surveyors, court of, i. [58].
Sussex’s men, ii. [92–6].
Swan playhouse, ii. [411–14], [521] (drawing), [526–31], [538–9], [544–7].
Sweden, players in, ii. [274].
Sword dance, i. [171]; iii. [280]; iv. [117].
Syndicates for companies, i. [379]; ii. [43], [45], [56], [65].

‘Taking out’ in mask, i. [150], [153], [155], [197].
Takings of playhouses, i. [370]; ii. [122], [148].
Taphouses at playhouses, i. [369]; ii. [406], [424], [442].
Tectum, ii. [531].
Telari (scenic cloths), iv. [358].
Temperament of players, i. [351].
Tenancy, joint and in common, ii. [417].
Tents, office of, i. [49], [72], [74], [76], [82], [94], [102]; ii. [491].
Tents on stage, iii. [53], [86], [106].
Terence engravings, iii. [6], [15].
Théâtre en demi-rond, iii. [14].
Theatre playhouse, ii. [383–400].
Théâtre tout en pastoralle, iii. [17], [34], [35], [44], [48], [52].
Theatres. See [Playhouses].
Theatri, iv. [353–65].
Themes, ii. [191], [300], [343–4], [349], [553]; iv. [244], [246].
Theocracy at Geneva, i. [245].
Theology in plays, i. [242], [271], [273], [294]; ii. [328]; iv. [254].
Threshold scenes, iii. [59].
‘Throne’, iii. [64], [72], [77], [87], [89], [108]; iv. [248].
Thunder on stage, iii. [76], [110]; iv. [248].
Thursdays kept for bear-baiting, i. [316].
Tilts, i. [18], [19], [20], [21], [139–48]; iii. [212–13], [245], [268–9], [316], [393], [399], [402–5], [463], [509]; iv. [63].
See [Books], [Challenges], [Cheques], [Devices], [Lists], [Tourney].
Tiltyards, i. [141].
‘Tiph, toph’, ii. [293].
Tire-men, i. [371]; ii. [149], [226], [541]; iii. [83]; iv. [404].
Tire-women, i. [163]; iii. [387].
Tiring house, i. [100], [225], [229], [231]; ii. [392], [538], [555]; iii. [72], [82]; iv. [248], [370].
Titles. See [Labels].
‘Tombs’, iii. [59], [110].
‘Top’, iii. [98].
Topical allusions in plays, i. [322–8].
See [Satire], [Sedition].
Torch-bearers in mask, i. [195].
Torze (torches), iv. [364].
Touching for evil, i. [123].
Tourney, i. [140].
Tragedie, iv. [360].
Tragedy, definitions of, i. [240], [257].
Traps, ii. [528]; iii. [42], [89], [96], [107], [133].
‘Traverse’, i. [181]; iii. [25], [78], [234], [279], [282], [434]; iv. [59].
Treason, executions for, iii. [286], [433], [440], [491].
Treasurer, Lord High, i. [54], [67];
of Chamber, i. [54–67], [217]; iv. [132–5];
of Household, i. [35], [37], [55], [67].
Trees on stage, iii. [52], [89], [107].
Trionfi, i. [152].
Truchmen, i. [163], [165], [166], [190].
Trumpets in playhouse, iv. [367].
Tumblers. See [Activities].
Tuono (thunder), iv. [365].
Turkish rope-dancer, ii. [111], [261], [550].
Twelfth Night, i. [19], [205], [213]; iii. [281].

Unchastity in plays, i. [252], [255], [258], [282–3], [304].
‘Understanders’, ii. [527].
Unity of place, iii. [18], [22], [29], [34], [36], [40], [121], [134].
See [Locality].
Universities, public plays within, ii. [100], [113], [213]; iii. [469];
criticism of plays at, i. [249].
University receptions, i. [127].
Unlocated scenes, iii. [50].
Upper rooms, ii. [387].
Upper stage, iii. [120], [153].
Ursarii, ii. [449].

Vaux’s men, ii. [103].
‘Veil’, iii. [80].
Verge, iii. [387].
Versurae (wings), iii. [3], [11], [100].
Vexillatores, ii. [547].
Viae ad forum, iii. [4], [100].
‘Vice’, iii. [317], [412], [437], [466], [504], [505]; iv. [3], [6], [7], [9], [229], [233].
Vice-Chamberlain of household, i. [41], [67].
Vitruvius on stage, iii. [3].
Vizards, i. [151], [196], [371]; iii. [241], [376], [387]; iv. [38].
‘Void’, i. [152].
Vuota di dicitori (tiring room?), iv. [364].

Wager paid in play, iv. [181].
Wager plays, ii. [297], [468], [554].
‘Wages’ at court, i. [51].
Wagner Book, iii. [71].
‘Walls’, ii. [36], [39], [44]; iii. [54], [72], [96], [106].
Wardrobe as organ of administration, i. [55].
Wardrobe, Great, i. [72], [80], [90], [94], [211].
Wardrobe officers, i. [42], [56].
Warwick’s men, ii. [97–9].
Watching Chamber, i. [13].
Water triumphs, i. [123], [134], [138]; iv. [72], [73], [74], [103], [124], [127].
Watermen, i. [63], [296]; ii. [121], [370]; iv. [312], [368].
Waymaker, i. [108], [116].
Weddings at court, iii. [233], [239], [241], [245], [260], [276], [351], [378], [381], [388], [393]; iv. [82], [83], [86], [87], [94], [99], [109], [112], [113], [119], [120], [122], [123], [127], [128], [129].
Welsh play, iii. [457].
Westminster, children of, ii. [69–73].
White staves, i. [39], [205], [226].
Whitefriars, children of, ii. [55].
Whitefriars playhouse, ii. [515–17].
Wild men. See [Woodwoses].
‘Windows’, iii. [42], [58], [95], [98], [116], [119], [153].
Windsor chapel, children of, ii. [61–4].
‘Wings’, iii. [100].
Withdrawing Chamber, i. [14].
Wits engraving, ii. [519].
Women on stage, i. [371]; iii. [296].
Woodcuts in plays, iii. [210], [322], [328]; iv. [20].
‘Woodwoses’, i. [123–4], [135], [194]; iv. [65], [66].
Worcester’s men, ii. [220–9].
Works, office of, i. [49], [80], [90], [211], [226].