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List of plates page ix Preface xi A note on terminology xiii

I Introduction I 2 The theatre at Christ Church, 24

3 The Cockpit in Drury Lane 39 4 Perspective scenes at 78 5 The Cockpit-in-Court 90 6 The Paved Court Theatre at Somerset House 113 7 The Florimène Theatre at 128 8 The Masquing House at Whitehall 149

9 An unidentified theatre project 160 10 The Hall Theatre at Whitehall 168 il Conclusion 186 Notes 191 Index 211

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Wenceslaus Hollar, detail from the Long View of showing Whitehall and the Masquing House. British The theatre in the hall at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1605. British Sebastiano Serlio, theatre plan. 77 secondo libro di perspettiva (, 1545), fol. 66b. Sebastiano Serlio, Comic Scene. 77 secondo libro di perspettiva, unfoliated leaf. Bodleian Library A system of periaktoi. From E. Danti's commentary on G. B. Vignola's Le due regole délia prospettiva pratica (Rome, 1583), p. 91. Cambridge University Library Inigo Jones, elevation and plan of the Cockpit in Drury Lane. The Provost and Fellows of Worcester College, Oxford Inigo Jones, sections through the auditorium and stage of the Cockpit in Drury Lane. The Provost and Fellows of Worcester College Ad quadratum relation of stage to auditorium at the Cockpit, Drury Lane Inigo Jones, scene design for the Cockpit, Drury Lane, 1639. The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement John Webb, plan and section of the stage at the Cockpit, Drury Lane. British Library John Webb, frontispiece for The Siege of Rhodes. Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement Inigo Jones, standing scene for Artenice. Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement Sebastiano Serlio, Satyric Scene. 77 secondo libro di perspettiva, fol. 70b. Bodleian Library Inigo Jones, Tragic Scene. Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement Sebastiano Serlio, Tragic Scene. 77 secondo libro di perspettiva, fol. 69s. Bodleian Library

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16 John Webb, plan and elevation of the stage at the Cockpit- 98 in-Court, Whitehall. The Provost and Fellows of Worcester College 17 John Webb, plan of the Cockpit-in-Court. The Provost and 99 Fellows of Worcester College 18 John Webb, plan of the Paved Court Theatre, Somerset 116 House. British Library 19 Inigo Jones, standing scene for The Shepherd's Paradise. 120 Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement 20 John Webb, plan of the auditorium prepared in the hall at 132 Whitehall for Florimène, 1635. British Library 21 John Webb, plan of the stage prepared in the hall at 133 Whitehall for Florimène, 1635. British Library 22 John Webb, section of the stage prepared in the hall at 135 Whitehall for Florimène, 1635. British Library 23 John Webb, interpretive plan of the Florimène stage. British 136 Library 24 John Webb, interpretive diagram of the Florimène stage. 137 British Library 25 Inigo Jones, standing scene for Florimène. Trustees of the 144 Chatsworth Settlement 26 John Webb, plan of the Masquing House stage. British 151 Library 27 John Webb, section of the Masquing House stage. British 152 Library 28 John Webb, unidentified theatre plan. The Provost and 162 Fellows of Worcester College 29 John Webb, plan of the stage at the Hall Theatre, 174 Whitehall. Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement 30 John Webb, section of the stage at the Hall Theatre, 175 Whitehall. Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement 31 John Webb, the 'Fame' frontispiece for the Hall Theatre. 177 Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement 32 John Webb, the 'Festive' frontispiece for the Hall Theatre. 179 Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement 33 John Webb, Tragic Scene. Trustees of the Chatsworth 180 Settlement 34 John Webb, Satyric Scene. Trustees of the Chatsworth 181 Settlement 35 John Webb, Comic Scene. Trustees of the Chatsworth 182 Settlement

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