Actors and Acting in Shakespeare's Time

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acting companies, 6 amateur players, 9, 60, 68, 136 Admiral’s, 97, 110, 111, 112, 117, 121, 127, 137, 185 Children of the Chapel, 53, 134 Chamberlain’s, 88, 112, 114, 119, 121, 127, 156, Paul’s Boys, 51, 54–5, 58, 62, 176 177, 185 apprentices, 1, 56, 76–107, 116, 144, 146, 149, 154, Children of the Queen’s Chamber of Bristol, 91 155, 174, 184 Children of the Queen’s Revels, 55, 91, 115 Armin, Robert, 86, 105 Children of the Revels (1629), 93 Arthur, Thomas, 186 Derby’s, 83 Belt, Thomas, 100 King and Queen of Bohemia’s, 144 Betterton, Thomas, 83 King and Queen’s Young Company (Beeston’s Birch, George, 100, 131 Boys), 94 Bowyer, Michael, 89, 104 King’s, 3, 4, 11, 35, 65, 78, 83, 85–6, 87, 92, 93, Bristow, James, 97, 104 98, 101, 104, 108, 114, 115, 123, 124, 125, 126, Cane, Andrew, 104 129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 156, 160, 161, Cook, Alexander, 100 173, 180, 184 Gough, Alexander, 98, 160, 169 King’s Revels, 94 Gough, Robert, 128 Leicester’s, 88 Hammerton, Stephen, 98, 104 Oxford’s, 53 Heminges, John, 105 Pembroke’s, 97 Holcombe, Thomas, 88 Prince Charles’s (II) (1631–42), 83, 95, 143, 160 Honeyman, John, 88, 98–9, 160, 167 Queen Anne’s, 92 Kynaston, Edward, 174 Queen Henrietta’s, 92, 95, 102, 179 Mannery, Samuel, 145, 154 Queen’s, 86, 175, 177 Pallant, Robert, 100, 132 Strange’s, 121, 127 Pollard, Thomas, 85 touring, international, 8, 96, 180 Risley, John, 80, 107 touring, provincial, 8, 79, 90–3, 96, 104, Saville, Arthur, 106, 145, 151, 155 137, 186 Sharpe, Richard, 100, 103, 132, 135 Worcester’s, 181 Stole, Robert, 79 actors Tarlton, Richard, 86 as colleagues, 8, 88, 98, 104, 129, 160, 162, 185 Thompson, John, 88, 98–9, 100, 132, 159–60, as instructors, 1, 5, 20, 46, 78, 87, 88, 94, 95, 96, 161, 163, 169, 172 99, 102, 107, 136 Tooley, Nicholas, 85 foreign, 122, 123 Trigge, William, 94, 98, 160 hired men, 8, 82, 83, 126, 127, 146, 159, 184 Wilson, William, 89, 137 principal, 8, 78, 95, 99, 108, 126, 135, 136, 144–5, Wright, John, 105, 145, 151–3 158–9, 169, 188–224 apprenticeship, 3, 48, 77, 79, 85, 86, 94, 101, 102, Agate, James, 133 103, 105, 106, 145, 152, 156, 183, 185 Allen, William, 138 Aristotle, 25 Alleyn, Edward, 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 85, 97, 101, 106, Armin, Robert, 82, 86–7, 88, 114, 118, 123, 125, 184 108–13, 114, 116, 117, 121, 127, 128, 163, 171, art, of playing, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 18, 32, 37, 45, 80, 83, 175, 176–7, 179–80, 183, 184, 188 107, 122, 139, 174, 177, 185 242

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audience, 4, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 43, Campion, Thomas, 69 47, 51, 55, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 75, 89, 102, 104, Cane, Andrew, 82, 84, 88, 95, 98, 106, 144, 145, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 119, 121, 123, 130, 132, 133, 146, 149, 155 148, 149, 150, 152, 156, 157, 162, 163, 164, 167, careers, of actors, 9 168, 170, 172, 175, 178, 179, 180, 181, 185, 186 caricature, 19, 21, 120 onstage, 158, 165 Cartwright, William, playwright, 65 audition, 68, 104, 184 Cartwright, William, the younger, actor, 33, 83 Augustine, William, 97 cast lists, 98, 118, 126, 130, 132, 143, 158 casting, 62–5, 72, 73, 119, 120, 127–8, 134, 142, Baldwin, T. W., 108 146–7, 158, 161, 173, 180 Bale, John, 43 Cecil, William, 65 Baskerville, Susan, 144 Chapman, George, 58, 74, 110 Baxter, Richard, 37 character, playing of, 4, 13, 16, 24, 28, 31, 103, 108, beard, stage, 111 116, 121, 141, 148, 155, 162, 166, 187 Beaumont, Francis, 9, 36, 38, 69, 74, 131 characteristics, of actors, 4–6, 24, 41, 100, 116, 129, Beeston, Christopher, 92, 94, 102, 118 130, 167 Beeston, William, 95 characters, dramatic, 150 Beeston’s Boys. see King and Queen’s Young Achilles, 21 Company Aeneas, 17 Benﬁeld, Robert, 100, 126, 135 Amoretto, 67 Bentley, G. E., 95 Andromache, 45 Bentley, John, 179 Antony, 158 Betterton, Thomas, 130 Ariel, 30 binding, of apprentices, 78, 79, 80, 94, 106 Arostus, 72 Bird, Theophilus, 83, 95, 101, 174 Autolycus (Winter’s Tale), 11 Blagrave, William, 93 Beatrice, 14 Boccaccio, 63 Benedick, 14 body, of performer, 13, 20, 26, 28, 35, 36, 62, 81, Bianca, 22 103, 120, 141 Bosola, 133 Bond, Thomas, 84, 144, 146, 151, 153, 185 Bottom, 26, 141 Bowers, Roger, 50, 51 Bullingbrook, 32 Bowyer, Michael, 89–92, 137–9 Burbage, 68 boys, as actors, 4, 8, 10, 24–5, 26, 35, 41, 43, 49–50, Capritio, 151, 152 52, 54–5, 57, 62, 98, 102–3, 104, 116, 147, 149, Claudio, 15 155, 159–60 Claudius, 15, 34 Brome, Richard, 95 Cleopatra, 25 brotherhood, 79, 84 Cokes, 12 Browne, Robert (1), (d. 1603), 83, 106 Cordelia, 16 Browne, Robert (2), 181 Coriolanus, 28 Browne, Robert, haberdasher, 84 Costard, 118, 141 Browne, William, 83, 97, 144, 146, 150, 185 Doctor Faustus, 171 Bryan, George, 128 Dogberry, 1 Bull, John, 48 Domitia, 173 Burbage, James, 2, 7, 175, 193 Domitian, 157, 159 Burbage, Richard, 2, 5, 8, 11, 23, 29, 32, 37, 82, 83, Domitilla, 166 85, 101, 112, 114, 115, 116–17, 127–30, 131–3, Don Pedro, 15 176, 184, 193 Dromo, 124 character, 176 Earl of Warwick, 14 Byrd, William, 48, 50 Edgar, 33 Edgar/Poor Tom, 14 Cambridge, University, 38 Eubulus, 72 Clare College, 73 Evadne, 131 Queens’ College, 66 Falstaﬀ, 9, 14, 19, 113, 180 royal visits, 60 Ferdinand, 134 St. John’s College, 62, 63, 64, 67 Feste, 24, 119, 186

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characters (cont.) Queen Margaret, 15 Feste/Sir Topas, 14 Quince, 98 First Clown, 119 Ralph, 9, 77 Flute, 26 Silvia, 19 Fool, 119 Skink, 111 Friar Bacon, 117 Snarl, 148 Fungoso, 148 Studioso, 68 Gloster (Look About You), 111 Stupido, 67 Goneril, 22 Swainwit, 95 Grocer’s Wife, 41 Talbot, 177 Gullio, 67 Tamburlaine, 163 Hamlet, 13, 15, 31, 34, 36, 45, 118, 186 Theseus, 14, 31 Hans Stockﬁsch, 124 Touchstone, 119 Hanswurst, 124 Trimalchio, 151, 152 Harlequin, 122 Triphoena, 148, 150 Hieronimo, 33 Ulysses, 21 Hippolyta, 31 Viola, 13, 17, 27 Holofernes, 30 William, 118 Honesty, 177 Zeal-of-the-Land Busy, 12 Iago, 13, 28 characters, ﬁctional Ingenioso, 67 Hecuba, 13, 16 Julia, 31 Yorick, 119 Julia/Sebastian, 19 Charles I, King, 65 Kemp, 68 Chaucer, 64 King Henry V, 29, 128 choirmasters King Henry VI (Seven Deadly Sins), 128 Edwardes, Richard, 49 King Lear, 21 Farrant, Richard, 48–9 King Richard II, 32 Giles, Nathaniel, 52, 55 King Richard III, 158 Giles, Thomas, 49, 54, 55 Leatherhead, 12 Hunnis, William, 48, 53, 93 Leonato, 15 Pierce, Edward, 49 Lord, 26 Redford, John, 49 Macbeth, 31, 158, 170 Westcott, Sebastian, 49–50, 51–2, 93 Madido, 67 choirs, 52–3 Malvolio, 14, 180 Chapel Royal, 42, 48, 52, 55 Margery, 150 players in, 10, 40, 50, 52–3 Miscellanio, 151 St Paul’s, 42, 49, 50, 54–5 Mistress Overdone, 154 training in, 52 Moth, 20, 30 Christmas prince, 61, 70, 71 Old Shepherd, 25 Cicero, 23, 40, 45–7 Olivia, 24, 27 De Oratore, 44 Othello, 13, 158 citizenship, of London, 77 Painter, 33 civil wars, England (1642–8), 8, 37, 174, 183 Paris, 158, 159, 172 Clavell, John, 98 Patroclus, 21 Clay, Nathaniel, 90, 91, 137 Philander, 72 Colet, John, 42 Philautus, 148 comedian, 27 Philomusus, 68 comedy, 63, 120 Philostrate, 187 commedia dell’arte, 117, 122 Pistol, 9, 127, 176 community Player Queen, 20 college, 60, 61, 62, 63, 66 Polonius, 20, 45 legal, 69, 70, 73 Prince Hal, 180 musical, 48 Prospero, 30 other, 9 Quartilla, 148, 150 theatrical, 8, 77, 79, 145, 185

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companies, London, 3, 106, 145, 185 musical, 47, 69 Drapers’, 78, 82 universities, 1, 67–8 Dyers’, 98 Edwards, Richard, 64 Founders’, 146 Elizabeth I, Queen, 40 Goldsmiths’, 146 Elizabeth, Princess, 74, 181 Great Companies, 43 emotion, playing of, 15–18, 20, 103, 140, 167, 187 Grocers’, 4, 100, 105 ensemble playing, 129–30, 142, 151, 152, 153, 172 Ironmongers’, 94 entertainments, household, 6, 61, 66, 74, 122 Joiners’, 82 royal, 48 Mercers’, 42 Erasmus, 39 Merchant Taylors’, 82, 101, 106, 146 Evans, Henry, 53, 56 Shoemakers’, 76 exercises, educational, 40, 46, 58 Weavers’, 78, 86 Condell, Henry, 128, 130, 132, 134 face, of actors, 11, 26, 27, 32, 35, 36, 46, 68, 103, 111, character, 115 124, 169, 180 contest, acting, 9, 113–14 vultus, 23 contracts, 94, 97 families, 69, 77, 79, 82, 104, 105, 106, 182 costume, 35, 106, 110, 111, 125, 127, 155, 157, 166, actors’, 3, 83–4, 102, 152, 183, 192, 193 169, 172, 183 artistic, 83–4 courtship, playing of, 168 fees, to Revels Oﬃce, 136 covenant servants, 95, 186 Fenn, Ezekiel, 95 Cowley, Richard, 128 Fennor, William, 113 criticism, of theatre, 12–13, 36, 65, 74, 162 festivals, 42, 51, 61, 73, 74 critique, of performance, 10 Field, Nathan, 53, 56, 115, 129, 130, 135, 182, 197 cross-dressing, 13, 106 Fletcher, John, 38, 61, 131 Folio, edition of Shakespeare, 119, 134, 180 dance, 73, 88, 120, 122, 123 Fouch, Richard, 146, 151, 153 Daniel, John, 91 Fowler, Richard, 84, 144, 176 Daniel, Samuel, 65 Fraunce, Abraham, 70, 71, 73 See also university Davenant, William, 108, 130, 174 actors Davenport, Robert, 138 Davies, John, 135 Gager, William, 65 Dawes, Robert, 183 Germany, 123, 181 deceit, and performance, 13, 27, 28, 36 Gerschow, Frederick, 56 Dekker, Thomas, 76 gesture, 21, 22, 32, 35, 40, 44, 45, 47, 89, 103, 120, D’Ewes, Simonds, 69 148, 181 dialogues, Latin, 39, 46 Gibbons, Orlando, 48 Diderot, Denis, 13 Glapthorne, Henry, 95 discovery, 169 Godwin, Robert, 145, 150 disguise, 110–12, 131 Gough, Robert, 99 documents, theatrical, 126 Gradwell, Henry, 145, 148 Donne, John, 69 grammar, Latin, 38 doubling, 124–6, 159, 169, 171, 172 Greek, plays, 62 Downes, John, 130 Greek, study of, 39 Dryden, John, 96 Greene, Thomas, 38, 83 Dudley, Robert, 71 Greg W. W., 117 Duke, John, 128 Greville, Curtis, 159 dumb show, 20, 72 Gunnell, Richard, 93 Dutton, John, 86 Gurr, Andrew, 10, 185 Dutton, Lawrence, 86 Hall, William, 3, 200 Edmonds, John, 90, 91 Hart, Charles, 83, 132, 174, 183 education, 1–2, 38–9, 79–80 Hart, William, 83 athletic, 69 Hebrew, study of, 39 legal, 69 Helmes, Henry, 71, 73

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Heminges, John, 3, 4, 9, 82, 85, 106, 116, 131, 134, lighting, theatre, 23 158, 160–1, 201 lines, of stage parts Heminges, Thomasine, 134 learning, 8, 104, 114, 141, 186 Henrietta Maria, Queen, 65, 136, 181 length, 98, 100, 102, 123, 126, 127, 132, 136, 138, Henslowe, Philip, 79, 89, 97, 114, 183 146–8, 149, 158–60 Diary, 57, 112 literacy, 2, 38 Herbert, Henry, 94, 136, 144, 154, 158 Lodge, Thomas, 69 Heywood, John, 49 London, 8, 69, 70, 76, 105, 106, 182, 185 Heywood, Thomas, 2, 5, 20, 24, 36, 38, 109, administration, 76–7 179, 201 Long, Nicholas, 91, 137 Apology for Actors, An, 5, 163 Lord Chamberlain, 79, 85 Holland, John, 128 Louis XIII, King, 181 Horne, James, 159 Lowin, John, 3, 37, 98, 100, 108, 126, 135, 149, Hovell, William, 89–91 156, 158, 163–4, 167, 168, 170, 172, 175, 184, humour, 111 186, 205 humours, 110 character, 115 Hunter, George, 54 Lyly, John, 38, 50, 53–5 Huyt, Robert, 146 make-up, 34, 127 improvisation, 114, 120, 121–3 management, theatrical, 9, 55, 93, 117, 144, 183 inns of court, 38, 69–75 Marlowe, Christopher, 9, 38, 43, 109, 176 Gray’s Inn, 38, 69, 70, 71, 72 Marmion, Shakerly, 143, 144 Inner Temple, 69, 71, 74 Marston, John, 10, 69, 115, 176 Lincoln’s Inn, 69, 74 Martin Marprelate, 54 Middle Temple, 69, 74 masques, 73 inset plays Middle Temple Masque, The, 101 Cure of Avarice, The, 164 Proteus and the Adamantine Rock, 73 False Servant, The, 169–70 Triumph of Peace, The, 74 Murder of Gonzago, or The Mousetrap, 15 Massey, Charles, 127 Massinger, Philip, 126, 135, 156 James I, King, 40, 66, 101 Master of the Revels, 121, 136, 143 jigs, 120 masters, of apprentices, 80, 105, 160 See also Jolly, George, 96, 174, 185 Burbage, Richard; Cane, Andrew; Jones, Inigo, 36, 65, 74, 132 Heminges, John; Henslowe, Philip; Hovell, Jonson, Ben, 2, 12, 36, 37, 38, 44, 57, 67, 101, 109, William; Phillips, Augustine; Shank, John 116, 125, 129, 148, 203 Boswell, Ralph, 86 Cane, Andrew, 105 Kathman, David, 101, 145 Collins, James, 105 Kemp, William, 88, 114, 119–20, 121–3, 124, 181 Goodwin, Thomas, 145 character, 67 Havers, Thomas, 80, 107 Kendall, Thomas, 94 Holden, Robert, 84 Kendall, William, 113 Hovell, William, 137 Killigrew, Thomas, 174 Kettlewood, John, 86, 87 King, T. J., 126 Ledane, Christopher, 104 Kirkham, Edward, 55 Lonyson, John, 105 kissing, 163, 167, 168 Maller, George, 186 Knell, William, 179 Rhodes, John, 82 Shank, John, 105 Latin, in education, 39, 47, 64 Tarlton, Richard, 105 Latin, plays, 62 Mateer, David, 97, 117 Laud, William, 60 May, Edward, 145 Lawes, Henry, 48, 65 May, Nathan, 90 Lawes, William, 74 Mead, Joseph, 183 lazzi, 124 memory, 2, 46 licences, for playing, 91, 92, 182 emotion, 16, 46

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merriments, 121, 123 picture, and the stage, 31–2, 33–5, 158 Middleton, Thomas, 38 Plautus, 43, 44 Milton, John, 40 playtexts, 142 mirror, 18, 19, 32 players see actors mirth, 123 playgoers, 10, 114, 115, 129, 135, 158, 176 misrule, 61, 70 Forman, Simon, 1611, 11 Mohun, Michael, 95, 102, 132, 174, 183 Gondomar, Count, 182 More, William, 53 Jackson, Henry, 1610, 10 Morley, Thomas, 48, 50 Manningham, John, 1602, 74 Morrison, Fynes, 181 Platter, Thomas, 181 movement, stage, 88, 89, 103, 111, 148 playhouses, 7, 61, 70, 181–2, 185 Munro, Lucy, 159 Blackfriars, 37, 51, 55, 56, 75, 82, 83, 89, 108, 115, music, in plays, 123, 165, 170 136, 137, 156, 163, 165, 172 Boar’s Head, 83 Nabbes, Thomas, 138 Cockpit, or Phoenix, 75, 82, 92, 95, 102, 109, Nashe, Thomas, 122 118, 136, 137, 179 Pierce Penniless, 177 Fortune, 83, 84, 96, 106, 112, 113, 127, 144, 145, Nelson, Alan, 74 176, 182, 183, 185 Norton, Thomas, 71 Globe, 11, 23, 37, 56, 89, 100, 108, 115, 136, 181 Nowell, Alexander, 59 Hôtel de Bourgogne, 181 nurseries (training theatres), 10, 91, 92, 93–6, 144 Nursery, Barbican, 96 Red Bull, 37, 83, 92, 97, 143, 144, 176 oratory, 24, 40, 44–7, 60, 162 Rose, 83, 97, 102, 110, 121 Ostler, William, 56, 132, 134–5, 207 Salisbury Court, 75, 93, 106, 143 Oxford, University, 38 Swan, 34, 97, 117, 208–9 Christ Church, 66 Theatre, 56, 175 royal visits, 60, 64, 65 Whitefriars, 94 Whitehall Cockpit, 132, 144 Paris, 181 playing companies see acting companies parishes, London playing places, 7, 51 St Botolph Aldgate, 92, 184 Almoner’s House, Paul’s, 51, 55 St Giles Cripplegate, 84, 105, 184 Blackfriars (1576–84), 48, 49, 53 St James Clerkenwell, 184 Christ Church Hall, Oxford, 64, 65 St Leonard Shoreditch, 184 Gray’s Inn Hall, 72, 74 St Saviour Southwark, 89, 184 Greenwich Palace Hall, 72 Parnassus plays, 66–8, 124 Hampton Court Hall, 65 part, as role, 14, 77, 95, 112, 114, 142, 167 King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, 60 part, as script, 65, 98, 114, 118, 140, 141 Merchant Taylors’ Hall, 43 patrimony, freedom by, 82, 83 Middle Temple Hall, 74 patronage, 6, 9, 38, 42, 52, 53, 71, 91, 104, 143, Queens’ College Hall, Cambridge, 61 164, 181 Trinity College Hall, Cambridge, 60 court, 55 Woodstock Palace Hall, 66 Pavy, Salomon, 116 plays, 130 Peele, George, 38, 127 Alchemist, The, 100, 128, 129, 130 Pepys, Samuel, 82 Amyntas, 93 performance Antipodes, The, 174 court, 42–3, 49, 53, 54, 55, 71, 72, 73, 74, 132, Antonio and Mellida, 10, 45, 176 144, 157 Antony and Cleopatra, 157 public, 7, 10, 53, 54, 55, 56, 137, 143, 158 As You Like It, 15, 156 Perkins, Richard, 5, 92, 99, 137, 179–80, 208 Bartholomew Fair, 12, 135 Perry, William, 90 Battle of Alcazar, The, 127 Phillips, Augustine, 118, 128 Believe As You List, 126, 136 Phillips, Peter, 50 Blind Beggar of Alexandria, The, 110, 112, 117 physique, of actors, 4, 26, 54, 149, 154, 160, Bussy D’Ambois, 58 172, 180 Caesar Interfectus, 62

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plays (cont.) Measure for Measure, 123 Cambises, 124 Merchant of Venice, The, 118, 156 Campaspe, 53 Merry Devil of Edmonton, The, 129, 176 Comedy of Errors, The, 71, 74, 112 Merry Wives of Windsor, The, 14, 129 Coriolanus, 28 Midas, 54 Country Gentleman, The, 144 Midsummer Night’sDream,A, 9, 12, 14, 16, 26, Court Beggar, The, 95 30–1, 36, 64, 98, 118, 119, 140, 141, 156, 160, 187 Crack Me This Nut, 110 Miles Gloriosus, 43 Cymbeline, 11 Misfortunes of Arthur, The, 72 Cynthia’s Revels, 57 Mucedorus, 124, 129 Doctor Faustus, 108, 137 Much Ado About Nothing, 1, 14, 114, 129, 156, Duchess of Malﬁ, The, 37, 99, 100, 128, 196, 223 132–5, 158 Muses’ Looking Glass, The, 93 Endymion, 54 Othello, 11, 22, 23, 28 Every Man Out of His Humour, 57, 120, 148 Palamon and Arcite, 64 Fair Maid of Bristow, The, 123, 129, 176 Paris and Vienna, 43 Fair Maid of the West, The, 138 Picture, The, 98, 136 Fine Companion, 144 Pilgrimage to Parnassus, The, 67, 124 First Part of Henry VI, The, 177 Platonic Lovers, The, 108 First Part of the Return from Parnassus, The, 67 Poetaster, 134 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, 117 Pontius Pilate, 112 Gallathea, 54 Queen’s Arcadia, The, 65 Game at Chess, 182 Renegado, The, 102, 138 Gorboduc, 10, 71–2 Return from Parnassus, Part Two, The, 67 Hamlet, 24, 28–9, 34, 56, 118, 133, 143 Revenger’s Tragedy, The, 58 Hannibal and Scipio, 138 Richard II, 32, 118 Heautontimoroumenos, 43 Richard III, 15, 68 Henry IV, Part 1, 113, 118, 129 Richardus Tertius, 62 Henry IV, Part 2, 9, 118, 127, 129, 176 Rollo, 136 Henry V, 9, 29, 129 Roman Actor, The, 98, 135, 156–73 Henry VIII, 108, 113, 130 Romeo and Juliet, 118, 186 Hispanus, 64 Samson, 112 History of Mutius Scaevola, The, 48 Sappho and Phao, 53 Holland’s Leaguer, 143–56 Sejanus, 157 Hymenaeus, 63 Shoemakers’ Holiday, The, 76 Ignoramus, 73 Silvanus, 64 Jephthah, 112 Soddered Citizen, The, 98, 136 Jeronimo, 115 Spanish Tragedy, The, 33, 112, 158 Jew of Malta, The, 109, 110, 112, 179 Tamburlaine, 108, 121 Joshua, 112 Taming of the Shrew, The, 26 Julius Caesar, 129, 157, 177, 181 Technogamia, 66 King Henry VIII, 187 Tempest, The, 30 King John, 21, 118 Third Part of King Henry VI, The, 14 King John and Matilda, 138 Three Lords and Three Ladies of London, The, 177 King Lear, 14, 125 Titus Andronicus, 20, 157 Knack to Know a Knave, 121 Toy to Please Chaste Ladies, 110 Knight of the Burning Pestle, The, 9, 36, 41, 77, Troilus and Cressida, 21 79, 113, 176 Truth, Faithfulness, and Mercy, 43 Longer Thou Livest, the More Fool Thou Art, Twelfth Night, 14, 24, 27, 64, 74, 156 The, 124 Two Gentlemen of Verona, The, 19, 31 Look About You, 111 Two Noble Kinsmen The, 64 Love’s Labour’s Lost, 20, 30, 118, 141, 156 Volpone, 100 Macbeth, 11, 23, 28, 31 Wedding, The, 138 Maid’s Tragedy, The, 131–2 Wild-Goose Chase, The, 98, 136 Malcontent, The, 115, 128 Winter’s Tale, The, 11, 25, 34–5

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playwrights, 9, 55 Cordelia, 125 and actors, 9, 89, 93 Corinea, 101 pleasure, in performance, 13, 35, 36, 111, 121, 186 Desdemona, 11, 175 plots Dol Common, 100, 131 Battle of Alcazar, The, 127 Domitia, 159 Dead Man’s Fortune, The, 116–17 Domitilla, 160, 173 Second Part of the Seven Deadly Sins, The, 100, Douce, 123 116, 127–8 Duchess of Malfi, 100, 132, 135 Podger, John, 90, 137 Emilia, 64 Pollard, Thomas, 87–8, 89, 126, 137, 159, 161, 164 Envy, 125 Pope, Thomas, 128 Faustina, 145, 149 principles, educational, 39, 42 Hermia, 87 profession, of acting, 8, 77, 90, 104, 185–6 Hermione, 35, 101 membership, 8, 92, 182, 188–224 Hippolyta (Palamon and Arcite), 64 properties, theatrical, 126 Honoria, 98 Proteus, signifying variability, 5, 112 Imogen, 101 Prynne, William, 13, 74 Julia, 132 puberty, male, age of, 24–5, 48, 103 Julia (Duchess of Malfi), 99, 100 Pygmalion, 35 Julia (Hymenaeus), 63 Julia (Roman Actor), 160 Quintilian, 23, 40, 46 Juliet, 25, 87 Institutio Oratoria, 45 Lady (Roman Actor), 169 Lady Politic Would-be, 100 Raleigh, Walter, 15 Maid, 98 Randolph, Thomas, 93 Millicent, 145 range, in playing, 5, 37, 81, 108–13, 118, 136, 155 Mistress Quickly, 87 reception, of performance, 179 Nurse, 87 reception, of plays, 180 Old Lady (Duchess of Malfi), 132 Records of Early English Drama, 8, 74 Old Woman (Mucedorus), 125 recruitment, 107 Ophelia, 102 musical, 50 Panthia, 64 theatrical, 91, 92 Paulina, 35 redemption, freedom by, 184 Paulina (The Renegado), 102 rehearsal, 8, 63, 83, 104, 140, 141, 142, 150, 151, 152, Procne, 128 153, 161, 186 Quartilla, 145 musical, 48 Queen (Seven Deadly Sins), 128 repertory company, 5, 93, 108, 119, 136 Queen Anne, 63 repertory, of plays, 8, 43, 57, 62, 108, 110, 112, Queen Elizabeth (Richardus Tertius), 63 114, 118, 119, 124, 129, 138, 144, 157, 175, 176, Rosalind, 102 179, 180 Rosalura, 99 Restoration, theatre, 37, 102, 174, 177, 183 Silvia (Hispanus), 64 Rice, John, 101 Tamyra, 58 Robinson, Richard, 100, 126, 159 Thisby, 26 roles, female, 4, 20, 25, 62, 64, 73, 124, 128, 137, Triphoena, 145 150, 154, 155, 158, 160 Urganda, 117 Amadine, 124 Venus, 124 Amerina, 63 Viola, 27, 87, 102 Anaxarete (Domitilla/Honeyman), 167 Whores, 155 Ariena, 125 roles, male, 158 Aspatia, 128 Aeneas, 24 Bawd, 145 Agurtes, 152 Beatrice, 87, 175 Ambidexter, 124 Cariola, 100, 132 Amintor, 131 Cleopatra, 25 Amorphus, 57 Comedy, 125 Antiochus, 126, 136

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roles (cont.) Irus (Cleanthes), 110 Antonio, 100, 132, 135 Jeﬀrey, 146 Antony, 128 Julius Caesar, 29 Arbactus, 128 Junius, 161 Ardelio, 149 King Gorboduc (Seven Deadly Sins), 116, 128 Aretinus, 159, 173 King Henry IV, 9 Autolycus (Holland’s Leaguer), 152 King Henry VIII, 130 Barabas, 109–10, 112, 179–80 King John (King John and Matilda), 138 Beauford, 138 King Lear, 5, 16, 37, 112, 128, 142 Benedick, 129 King of France, 126 Berecinthius, 126 King Richard III, 128 Bosola, 37, 100, 132–4, 162 King Richard III (Richardus Tertius), 62 Bottom, 119, 120 Lamia, 159 Boy (Mucedorus), 125 Latinus, 159 Brutus, 129, 177 Lentulus, 126 Bussy D’Ambois, 58 Leon (Cleanthes), 110 Capritio, 148 Lictors, 159 Cardinal, 100, 132, 134 Lord (Seven Deadly Sins), 128 Cardinal Wolsey (Alleyn), 112 lover, 9 Cardinal Wolsey (Burbage), 130 Lydgate, 128 Castruchio, 132 Macbeth, 23, 37, 128, 142 Cesario, 27 Malevole, 115 Chrysalus, 126 Malvolio, 37, 142 Cleanthes, 110 Marcellus, 126 Coriolanus, 128 Mathias, 98, 136 Corvino, 101 Melantius, 130, 131 Count Hermes (Cleanthes), 110 Mirabell, 136 Dogberry, 114, 119 Miscellanio, 153 Domitian, 135, 158 Monsieur, 58 Duke of Burgundy, 126 Montsurry, 58 Edgar, 126 Moonshine (Starveling), 30 Epicure Mammon, 130 Morose, 130 Eubulus, 98 Mosca, 135 Face, 129, 130 Mouse, 124 Falstaﬀ, 36, 37, 119, 129, 130 Muly Mahamet, 127 Fastidius Brisk, 57 Orsino, 142 Ferdinand, 100, 128, 132, 133 Osric, 119 Ferdinandus, 63 Oswald, 126 Ferrex, 128 Othello, 127, 128, 131, 135, 142, 176 First Clown, 119 Palamon, 64 Fitzwater, 138 Pander, 155 Flaminius, 126 Paris, 135, 158 Flute, 119 Parthenius, 158, 173 Fool, 125 Philargus, 159 Frog, 123 Piero, 46 Goodlack, 138 Pistol, 119 Grisolan, 132 Polonius, 119 Guise, 58 Pompey (Measure for Measure), 123 Hamlet, 37, 112, 135, 142, 176 Porrex, 128 Hannibal, 138 Porter, 119 Hercules (Alleyn), 112 Prince Hal, 129 Hercules (Moth), 30 Puck, 120 Hieronimo, 9, 112, 113, 128 Roderigo, 132, 180 Iago, 131, 135 Romeo, 112, 129 Iphis (Paris/Taylor), 167 Sardanapulus, 128

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Scipio, 138 sharers Seacoal, 119 in acting companies, 4, 78, 91, 119, 127, 150, 154, Silence, 119 159, 184 Sir John Belfare, 138 in playhouses, 85, 136 Sir Politic Would-be, 100, 130 Sharpe, Richard, 158, 173 Snug, 119 Shirley, James, 74, 138 Spencer, 138 Sidney, Philip, 10, 63, 71 Stephanos, 159 Sincler, John, 115 Subtle, 128, 131 size, of playing troupes, 54, 58, 91, 93, 94, 124, 127, Sura, 161 144, 158 Surly, 130 Slater, Martin, 94 Tamburlaine, 109 Sly, William, 115, 128 Tereus, 116, 128 Smith, Anthony, 159 Tribunes, 159 Smith, Matthew, 144, 152, 185 Trimalchio, 149 Sneller, James, 145 tyrant (Hercules), 9 social rank, and playing, 75, 106, 182, 183 Verges, 119 song, in stage performance, 120, 123, 164 Vitelli, 138 specialist players Volpone, 5, 128, 130 clowns, 20, 86, 88–9, 118–24, 154 Wall (Snout), 30 female roles, 10, 25, 26, 63, 77, 82, 83, 86, 88, 97, Roscius, legendary Roman actor, 5, 45 98–101, 102, 107, 116, 117, 144, 155, 159, 160, Rowley, William, 149 173, 174 speech, dclivery of, 22, 47, 54, 68, 71, 72, 88, 109, 150 Sackville, Thomas, 71 spirit, of character, 27, 29, 34, 173 scene work, 142, 162, 172 St. Paul’s Cathedral, 50 scenery, 65 stage directions, 111, 164, 166, 167 schoolmasters, 58 stage doors, 172 Ashton, Thomas, 43 stage houses, 66 Hoole, Charles, 44 staging, 66 Malim, William, 43 Stanislavski, Konstantin, 16, 140 Mulcaster, Richard, 41 Statute of Artiﬁcers, 3, 77, 94, 107 Radcliﬀe, Ralph, 43 Stratford, Robert, 84, 145, 155 Shakespeare, William, 39 Stratford, William, 84 Udall, Nicholas, 42 study, of stage parts, 140, 141–2 schools, 47, 60 style, of playing, 175–7, 179–80 Blackburn School, Lancs., 44 style, rhetorical, 9, 21, 39, 45, 55, 58, 62, 68, 70, 72, Christ’s Hospital, 79 109, 163, 168, 175, 176 College of God’s Gift, 1 Swanston, Eilert, 126, 137, 159, 173 Congleton, Cheshire, 43 Swinnerton, John, 90 Eton College, 42, 43 sympathy, 15–16, 17, 18, 33, 102, 103, 167 Free Grammar School, Shrewsbury, 43, 63 Hitchin grammar school, 43 Tallis, Thomas, 48, 50 King’s School, Canterbury, 43 Tarlton, Richard, 3, 86, 87, 88, 89, 114, 118, 127, King’s School, Chester, 43 175, 177, 184, 219 Merchant Taylors’ School, 2, 41, 42, 196 Taylor, John, 164 Rotherham Grammar School, 44 Taylor, Joseph, 98, 100, 114, 126, 131, 135–7, 138, St. Paul’s School, 41, 42, 46, 49, 53, 197 158, 161, 172, 184 Stratford Grammar School, 2 Terence, 38, 39, 43 Westminster School, 2, 42, 43 terminology, of playing service, 79, 107 accent, 19–20, 24, 26, 33, 45, 141 shadows, actors as, 14, 31–2 action, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 45–6, 68, 123, Shakespeare, William, 1, 2, 14, 21, 30, 34, 44, 62, 67, 138, 141, 170, 181 77, 105, 128, 130, 131, 137, 176, 177, 180, 183, 214 audacity, 42 Shank, John, 78, 98–100, 137, 160 behaviour, 42 shapes, 109, 110, 112 conceit, 5, 17, 24, 68, 187

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terminology (cont.) Vernon, George, 159 counterfeiting, 14, 111 vita, 23 dream, 16, 31 vocal training imitation, 29, 35 musical, 47, 51, 56 jesting, 15, 186 school and university, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, life/lively, 15, 19, 44 46, 47 limning, 33 theatrical, 25, 50, 103 monstrosity, 14, 17, 26 voice, of actors, 4, 23, 24, 25, 26, 40, 45, nature/natural, 18–19 54, 62, 81, 100, 103, 111, 120, passion, 15, 18, 170 154, 180 presenting, 30 change of, 25 shadowing, 31–2 singing, 57, 164 soul, 17–18, 27, 32 tongue, 5, 27 sport, 177 vox, 23, 24, 26 usurpation, 27 text, and performance, 120, 121–2, 123 Wager, William, 124 Thare, John, 181 wages, 97–8 tiring house, 66 Waller, David, 175 trade and manufacture, 76–8 Webster, John, 134 Trigge, William, 3, 98–9 Westminster, 70 Whetstone, George undergraduates, 60, 69 Mirror for Magistrates, The, 70 Underwood, John, 56, 222 Whitehall, palace, 70 universities, 61, 67–8 Whitelocke, James, 42, 44, 71 and the court, 59 wigs, 13, 106, 111, 125 university actors, 9, 29, 40, 66–9 Wilson, Robert, 177 Carew, Peter, 64 Wolﬁt, Donald, 175 Fraunce, Abraham, 63 Wood, Antony, 65 Gargrave, Thomas, 63 Woodford, Thomas, 55 Heblethwaite, Thomas, 64 Worth, Ellis, 82, 83, 92, 106, 144, 146, 149 Marbeck, John, 64 Wright, John, 95 Palmer, John, 62–3 writing, dramatic, 7, 21, 54, 57, 67, 71, 175, 176, Pilkington, Thomas, 63 179, 184 Rainolds, John, 64–5 Shepard, Leonard, 63 Yeoman of the Revels, 136 Stanton, Lawrence, 63 upstaging, 120, 149 zanni, 122