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188 CHILDREN OF THE CHAPEL AT BLACKFRIARS’ 
Biron. See Byron. 
Blackfriars monastery, history of, 
18-20; dissolution and value of, 
20. 
Blackfriars precinct, petition of in- 
habitants of, 17°, 27, 53°, 128°, 152, 
154°; boundaries of, 19-20; a 
sanctuary inviolate, 20; liberties 
and privileges of, City and 
Crown’s contention over, 20-21’, 
58, 54, 152-54, 156, 159, 160, 161'— 
62; buildings of, 21; granted to 
Cawarden, 22; changes in, by 
Cawarden, 23; aristocracy of, 23, 
26-28, 38, 96, 152; property of 
Shakespeare in, 26, 27, 28; poorer 
inhabitants of, 27; on history of, 
154°; suppression of Rossiter’s 
theatre in, 154°, 161°, 161°-62. See 
Blackfriars, theatre, City, Eliza- 
beth. 
Blackfriars theatre, historical im- 
portance of, 1x, 6, 18, 151, 163; 
as a model, ix, 8-9, 18°, 35, 36°, 36’, 
39°, 43°, 141, 151, 163; size of, ix, 
7) 28, 35, 36, (38-39) 43°, 46.49%, 
50-plat-51, 128°; structural details 
Ot; (ic 37545 plat iot,nix DOA 
new documents concerning, ix-x, 
10°, 36*, 39°, 40°, 41*, 42, 44%, 457, 
481, 48°, 49°, 561, 57, 60-62, 80%, 
841, 844, 87° 875 897 95, 106-72, 
123", 125%) 1287, \ 158s Elizabeth s 
relations to, x, xii, 54, 94, 99, 101, 
105, 126-29, 148-62; maintenance 
of Children of the Chapel at, x, 
4, 40, 71, 73-76, 91-92, 95, 98-104, 
105, 106-7, 126, 127, 128-29, 178- 
82; the Queen attends, x, 1, 26, 
51, 71, 87, 95-97, 99, 112, 115, 125, 
128, 160; relations of, to other the- 
atres, poets, and players, x-xi, xii, 
133, 140, 158, 165-667, 167, 168, 
169-72, 178-81; and the “stage- 
quarrel,” x-xi, xii, 133, 140, 158, 
165-667, 168, 169-72, 178-81; sit- 
ting on the stage, as a custom at, 
xi, 7, 42"-48). 44, 45, 46, 47, 48%, 
50-plat-51,52, 124, 130-47 ; Queen’s 
requirements for training Children 
in various arts at, xi, 4-5, 9-11, 
40, 56, 59°-60, 71, 74, 80', 105-25, 
127, 163, 180; singing at, xi, 4, 5, 
‘ 9, 71, 80°, 106-7, 113-144, 115, 117, 
121-22, 163, 180; instrumental mu- 
sic at, xi, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 71, 106-7, 
302 
113, 114, 115, 116-18, 121, 122, 163; 
dancing at, xi, 5, 44, 71, 118, 163 
masque at, xi, xii, 5, 10°, 44, 113 
114, 119-21, 122-24, 163, 167; 
Children of the Chapel as act- 
ors at, 1, .4,.15,./13, 16,[°18)) 40% 
41, 53, 54, 56°, 58, 59°-62, 65, 66, 
70-72, 73-76, 80°, 82, 83, 85, 86,5 
87-94, 95, 96, 103, 106-7, 112, 113, 
115, 117, 121, 123, 126-29, 132%, 
141, 150, 151, 163, 165°, 166, 174, 
176-82, 183; Children of the Rev- 
els to the Queen at, 1, 13, 15, 44 
74, 80°, 163, 177°, 183; audiences 
of, select,’ 6,7, 8, 35736, 43,°4a9 
106-7, 112, 119, 124, 128, 142, 155, 
157, 164-66, 175-77, 181-82; boxes” 
or lords’ rooms at, 6, 41°-43, 49, 
50-plat-51, 124; 140°, 141; earliest 
companies at, 6, 21-22, 23-24, 42°; 
seats at, 6, 49°, 50-plat-51, 52; gal-— 
leries at, 6, 41*-43, 46, 50-plat-51, 
124; as foremost theatre, 6, 18, 
163; remodeled from Priory 
house,” 7, vl?s) 85) 86,0 seenee naam 
152; “Great Hall’ or auditorium 
of, 7, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 49, ™ 
74; a social centre for the élite, 
7, 35-36, 43, 45, 48°, 51, 95-97, 161; 
influence of, on theatre-structures, 
8-9, 18°, 35, 36, 39%, 43°, 141; ac- 
commodations for comfort of au- 
diences in, 8, 34-35, 50-51, 52m 
influence of, on accommodations — 
of the new Globe, 8, 35; as model © 
for Cockpit and Salisbury Court, 
8, 18°, 36, 39°, 43°, 141; date of, Sym 
53, 56°, 57, 128°; leased to Shake- 
speare and fellows, 10, 34’, 35, 
44”, 45°, 56’; orchestra of, 10 
11; practice of jests at, 15, 48°)~ 
182°, 183°, 163, 1657, 177". note 
“nursery,” 13; opening of, by Ev-. 
ans, 16, 53, 56°; leased to Evans, 
17, 40, 56', 57-58, 84, 88, 127, 128°; | 
purchased by Burbage, 17, 35, 36, — 
53, 128°; cost of, 17, 35; deed for, 
17°; petition to Privy Council 
against, 17°, 27, 53', 128%, 152, 1547; 
City’s order to suppress, 17°, 537, 
154°, 161’; errors in history of, 18- — 
18', 24° 107", 1077-8, 130*30°; | 
present site of, 21, 24-28; early use 
of, for Revels Office and plays, 21- — 
22, 23-24, 42°; part of royal grant — 
