Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. List of Illustrations
4. List of Boxes
5. Preface
6. Introduction
   1. Palamon and Arcite was Performed with the Queen Herself Present on the Stage
   2. The Upstart Crow
7. 1 The Early Years
   1. Stratford and Staging Practices
   2. Princely Pleasures at Kenilworth
   3. Mystery Cycles and Trade Guilds
   4. Competing Authorities
   5. Straws in the Wind
   6. A System of Protection and Control
8. 2 Possible Beginnings
   1. Shakespeare and the Queen’s Men’s Theory
   2. Tarlton
   3. Shakespeare and Alexander Hoghton’s Will
9. 3 Shakespeare on the Record and the Stages of 1594
   1. Plague
   2. Duopoly
   3. Shakespeare in the Records
   4. Four Playing Places
   5. The Theatre
   6. Burbage
   7. Motley
   8. The Cross Keys Inn
   9. Greenwich Palace
   10. Gray’s Inn
10. 4 The Chamberlain’s / King’s Men and their Organization
    1. Sharers
    2. Hired Men (and Women)
    3. Hired Men as Actors
    4. Gatherers
    5. Tirewomen
    6. Tiremen
    7. Musicians
    8. Book‐keepers
    9. Stage‐keepers
    10. Apprentices
    11. Conclusions
11. 5 A Stormy Passage, from the Theatre, via the Curtain, to the Globe
    1. 2 The Seven Deadly Sins
    2. The Stories
    3. Commentary
    4. “Those Playhouses … Shall be Plucked Down”
12. 6 “The Great Globe Itself”
    1. The Galleries
    2. Lords’ Rooms
    3. Stage Directions
    4. Playhouse of the Spoken Word
    5. Robert Armin
    6. The War of the Theatres
13. 7 A New Reign
    1. A Royal Master
    2. Little Eyases and The Malcontent
14. 8 The Blackfriars
    1. “Your Master’s Worship House, here, in the Friars”
    2. The New Repertoire
    3. Descent Machinery
    4. Jonson and Shakespeare in the New House
15. Appendix Chamberlain’s/King’s Men’s Plays 1594–1614, Other than by Shakespeare
    1. Extant Texts, with Dates of Performance and Publication, and Probable Playhouse of First Performance
    2. Anon
    3. Non‐Extant or Unidentified Plays Associated with the Company
16. Bibliography
    1. Primary Material from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
    2. Secondary Material
17. Index
18. End User License Agreement

List of Illustrations

1. Chapter 02
   1. Figure 2.1 Image of Richard Tarlton (or Tarleton).
   2. Figure 2.2 Interior of the Tudor Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
   3. Figure 2.3 Interior of the Tudor Great Hall at Rufford Old Hall.
2. Chapter 03
   1. Figure 3.1 Digital reproduction of a page in Philip Henslowe’s Diary.
   2. Figure 3.2 A map showing the London theatres of Shakespeare’s day.
   3. Figure 3.3 Image of Will Kemp and companion on the title‐page of Kemp’s nine daies wonder.
   4. Figure 3.4 Diagram of seating arrangements in the Great Chamber at Whitehall.
   5. Figure 3.5 Portrait of Henry Carey, 1st Lord Hunsdon.
3. Chapter 06
   1. Figure 6.1 Section of Hollar’s famous map vista, London from the Bankside.
   2. Figure 6.2 Portrait of Nathan Field.
   3. Figure 6.3 Portrait of Richard Burbage. Source: Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK / Bridgeman Archives.
   4. Figure 6.4 The image of Robert Armin on the title‐page of The History of the Two Maids of Moreclacke. Source: STC 773 Copy 1, Folger Shakespeare Library.

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