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Children of the Queen's Revels Cambridge University Press 0521843561 - Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory Lucy Munro Index More information Index Bold numbers refer to entries in Appendix B (Repertory data and analysis) or Appendix C (Biographical summary). Chapel and Queen’s Revels plays are given their own entries. Names of scholars are included where they are cited or quoted in the main text; they are also included where their work receives sustained discussion in the endnotes. Abuses, 104 Aston, Sir Walter, 36, 172 Adams, Thomas, 65, 69 Attewell, Hugh, 41, 179, 185 Admiral’s Men, 148, 170, 174 audiences employment of Queen’s Revels actors and Children of the Queen’s Revels and, 10–11 dramatists, 180–2 comedy and, 70–3, 95 Aeschylus, 107 composition, 61–5, 72 Allen, Richard, 179, 185 gallants in, 63–5 Alleyn, Edward, 43 genre and, 7–8, 9 All Fools (Chapman), 45, 167, 170 in private playhouses, 61–5 age transvestism in, 42 in Blackfriars playhouse, 62, 63, 65, audience and, 65 66, 72, 95 court performance, 189 in Whitefriars playhouse, 62, 63, 65, 72, 95 neo-classical farce and, 112 in public playhouses, 61–2 publication, 32 reception of plays, 62, 65–6, 71–3, revival of, 17, 112 79–80, 95 social status and, 68 sitting on stage, 7, 16 title-page, 6 social status and, 56, 61–4 Amends for Ladies (Field), 25, 52, 74, 169, 170, 224 social status and, 67, 70 Bacon, Francis, 35 cross-gender disguise in, 51 Barksted, William, 25, 53, 154, 165, 179 Whitefriars playhouse and, 24 arrested, 41 Andrews, Michael, 117 Robert Browne and, 180 Anna of Denmark, Queen of England, 179, 182 in cast lists, 185 George Chapman and, 205 Children of the King’s Revels and, 173, 229 Samuel Daniel and, 53 Children of the Queen’s Revels and, 173 Italian literature and, 98, 102–3, 105 Hiren, 155, 179, 201 patronage of Children of the Queen’s Revels, Robert Keysar and, 24–5, 31, 41 ix, 19, 21, 27, 33–4, 165 Mirrha, 155, 179, 182 patronage of drama at court, 205 plays Morose in Epicoene, 41, 42 Spenserian poets and, 207 see also Insatiate Countess, The Archer, Edward, 196 Barnes, Barnabe, 125, 126 Aristophanes, 53 Barnfield, Richard, 99 Aristotle, 55, 58, 70 Barrenger, William, 32 Armin, Robert, 147 Barroll, Leeds, 201 Armitage, David, 106 Barry, Lording Arundel, Earl of see Howard, Thomas Ram Alley, 59, 87, 114, 224 253 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521843561 - Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory Lucy Munro Index More information 254 Index Barton, Ann, 216 price of admission to, 61 Basse, Thomas, 185 see also audiences Baxter, Robert, 179, 185 Blaney, John, 179, 185 beards, 41–2, 47 Bliss, Lee, 112, 113, 116, 131 Beaumont, Francis, 179, 204, 206 Bloom, Gina, 49 dedicatory verses Blount, Charles, Earl of Devonshire, 20, 34, 142 Catiline ( Jonson), 33 Blount, Edward, 142, 226 Epicoene ( Jonson), 33, 92 Blount, Thomas, 148, 148–9 The Faithful Shepherdess (Fletcher), 7, 33, Bly, Mary, 3, 5 124, 132 Bodenham, John, 77 Volpone ( Jonson), 33 Boderie, Antoine Lefe`vre de la, 29, 146, Earl and Countess of Huntingdon and, 36 171, 176 Nathan Field and, 32 Bonian, Richard, 32, 204 Huntingdon circle and, 36 Bradbury, Thomas, 32 Inns of Court and, 35, 63 Brathwait, Richard, 69–70 King’s Men and, 3, 133 Brecht, Bertold, 53 The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray’s Brewyn, Ralph, 62 Inn, 35 Bristol, 195 The Woman Hater, 9, 87 Bristol, Michael, 72 see also Knight of the Burning Pestle, The; Brooke, Christopher, 35, 36, 99 Beaumont, Francis, and John Fletcher The Ghost of Richard III, 35 Beaumont, Francis, and John Fletcher Brooke, Nicholas, 156, 228 A King and No King, 122, 153 Browne, John, 21, 179 Comedies and Tragedies (1647), 166 Browne, Robert, 28, 29, 180, 209 Comedies and Tragedies (1679), 41 Browne, Sir Thomas, 55–6 The Maid’s Tragedy, 154 Browne, William, 36–7, 99, 223 Philaster, 105, 122, 124, 133, 153 Buc, Sir George, Master of the Revels, 146 see also Cupid’s Revenge; Coxcomb, The; Bullokar, John, 59, 148 Scornful Lady, The Burbage, Cuthbert, 24–5, 197 Beaumont, John, 36 Burbage, James, 15, 197 Beckett, Samuel, 98 Burbage, Richard, 40, 42 Bedford, Countess of see Russell, Lucy Blackfriars playhouse and, 14, 15, 19, 21, 197 Bednarz, James P., ix sued by Robert Keysar, 24 Beeston, Christopher, 6 The Malcontent and, 104, 135, 136 Beeston’s Boys (the King and Queen’s Young Burns, Raymond S., 119 Company), 166, 171, 174 Burre, Walter, 31–2, 165, 174, 204 Benfield, Robert, 41, 179, 185, 186 Bussy D’Ambois, 3, 137, 167, 170 Benjamin, Walter, 4 ‘A’ Text, 156–7, 160–2, 231–2 Bennett, Alan, 96 ‘B’ Text, 49, 156, 157–9, 160–1, 162 Bentley, G. E., 3, 4 Children of Paul’s and, 30, 145, 156, Bergson, Henri, 70–1 170, 203 Betts, Hannah, 126 demands on actors, 53 Billing, Christian, 91, 93 eroticism and performance of, 49, 50, 51 Billington, Michael, 229–30 Nathan Field and, 49, 136, 152, 160, 170 Blackadder, 213 Queen’s Revels repertory and, 19, 134, Blackfriars playhouse (first), 15, 17, 181 139, 165 Blackfriars playhouse (second), 72 revision and, 11, 134, 137, 139, 156–62 built by James Burbage, 15 revival of, 49, 166, 231–2 capacity, 16, 61 at Whitefriars, 50, 134, 139, 156 characteristics, 15–16, 23 tragicomedy and, 156–9, 160–1, 162 Elizabeth I and, 199 Butler, Kathleen, 102 King’s Men and, 132–3 lease, 15, 18, 19, 21, 28, 202 Camden, William, 73, 74 location, 13 Campion, Thomas, 28, 34, 35, 206 ownership, 2, 14, 197 Carew, Thomas, 35 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521843561 - Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory Lucy Munro Index More information Index 255 Carey, George, Lord Hunsdon, 15, 18 Edward Kirkham and, 21, 30, 170, 177, Carleton, Dudley, 199 182, 200 Cary, Giles, 24, 39, 180, 185 licensing, 199 Case is Altered, The ( Jonson), 168, 170–1 Love’s Metamorphosis and, 175 conclusion of, 118 management, 37–8 laughter and, 71 see also Gyles, Thomas; Pearce, Edward; neo-classical farce and, 113 Woodford, Thomas publication of, 32 Parasitaster, or The Fawn and, 30, social status and, 216 173, 203 Castelvetro, Giacomo, 102 performance style, 2–3 Cavendish, Sir William, 61, 62–3 popularity, 17 Cawdrey, Robert, 69, 77 playhouse, 16, 61, 63, 72 Cecil, Sir Robert, Earl of Salisbury, 30, 39, tragedy and, 134 140, 146 tragicomedy in repertory, 104 Cervantes, Miguel de, 171 Thomas Woodford and, 184 Chamberlain, John, 103, 199 A Trick to Catch the Old One and, 30, 177 Chamberlain, Robert, 58 The Woman Hater and, 9 Conceits, Clinches, Flashes and Whimzies, Children of the Chapel 57, 74 choir school see Chapel Royal Jocabella, or a Cabinet of Conceits, 211 Children of the Chapel (1580s–early 1590s), 15, Chamberlain’s Men, 150, 170, 181 17, 98, 181 Chambers, E. K., 3 Children of the Chapel (1600–3), ix, 1, 16–18, Chapel Royal, 17, 19, 37, 48 172, 173, 175, 176, 224 Chapman, George, 6, 53, 98, 125, 180 actors, 40 dedicatory verses, 33, 35 impressment, 16–18, 37–9 described by Ben Jonson, 204 see also names of individual actors (listed in Eastward Ho controversy and, 9, 73, 74 Appendix C) The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple age transvestism in plays of, 42–3 and Lincoln’s Inn, 35 cast lists, 185 The Old Joiner of Aldgate, 199 Chapel Royal and, 17, 19, 37 patronage connections of, 34, 35 class transvestism in plays of, 51–2 publication of The Revenge of Bussy D’Ambois court performances, 175, 188 and, 151, 153 lawsuits cited publication of The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Clifton v. Robinson, Evans et al. Star Charles Duke of Byron and, 136, 145–7 Chamber, December 1601, 17, 37–8, translation of Iliad, 34, 205 185 See also All Fools; Bussy D’Ambois; Conspiracy Evans v. Kirkham, Court of Chancery, and Tragedy of Charles Duke of Byron, May–July 1612, 18 The; Eastward Ho; Gentleman Usher, Kirkham v. Paunton et al., Court of The; May Day; Monsieur D’Olive; Chancery 1612, 17, 38 Revenge of Bussy D’Ambois, The; Sir Giles Rastell & Kirkham v. Hawkins, King’s Goosecap; Widow’s Tears, The Bench, Easter 1609, 18 Chappell, John, 37, 40, 180, 185 Love’s Metamorphosis and, 106, 175 Charles, Prince, 192–3 performance style, 2–3, 52–3 Chettle, Henry, 6 repertory, 1 Children of Paul’s, 224 see also names of individual plays (listed in actors, 16, 37, 40 Appendix A and Appendix B) Bussy D’Ambois and, 30, 145, 156, 170, 203 Children of the Chapel at Windsor (choir), choir school, 38 17, 47–8 court performances, 104, 175 Children of the King’s Revels, 5, 180, 182, 224 criticised by William Crashaw, 47 actors, 38, 207 dead rent paid to, 31 commerce and, 37 disappearance, 21 disappearance, 21, 65 employment of Queen’s Revels actors and Law Tricks and, 174 dramatists, 180, 182 lawsuits cited © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521843561 - Children of the Queen’s Revels: A Jacobean Theatre Repertory Lucy Munro Index More information 256 Index Children of the King’s Revels (cont.) licensing, 19–20 Andrews v. Slater, Court of Chancery, patronage, 19, 21, 25–27, 33–7 February 1609, 207 see also Anna of Denmark The Insatiate Countess and, 173, 229 performance style, 2–3, 43–7, 48–51, 53 tragedy and, 134 playhouses see Blackfriars playhouse; Whitefriars playhouse and, 23, 24 Whitefriars playhouse Children of the Queen’s Chamber of political controversy, 9, 20–1, 72, 94–5 Bristol, 204 see also Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Children of the Queen’s Revels Duke of Byron, The; Eastward Ho; Isle actors, 27, 37–53 of Gulls, The; Philotas; Silver age, 39–42, 208 Mine, The apprenticeship, 38–9 print culture and, 31–2, 136 in Blackfriars and
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