Foreword by Gregory Doran
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction: Dangerous Times – the New World of Theatre
1
The New Professionals
2
The University Wits
3
A Theatre for the People
4
Men About Town
5
Performances, Plays and Politics
6
The Reckoning
7
Deaths and Entrances
8
A Visit to the Playhouse
9
Curtain Fall on the Elizabethans
10
Jacobean Players and Patrons
11
Roaring Girls
12
Shakespeare and the King’s Men
13
An Insult to Spain
14
Exit Ben Jonson
Notes
Bibliography