"26-28, 38, 96, 152; pretentiousness 
ot, compared with other theatres, 
28-35; annual rental of, 30°, 45’, 
a7, 178; superior accommodations 
2 of, 35 “36, 51; Clifton’s Complaint 
against, 36, 70, 71, 73-74, 77-83, 
84-87", 100, 101, 102,.13— 144, 115; 
126, 128°, 159, 160, 180; stage at, 
pao, 42°, 43-47, ot8: 49*, 50-plat-51, 
Bipe DD, "124, 137° 141-42; materials 
of, 37, 40°: “the Scholehouse” of, 
40, 71, 74, 127; rooms above the 
“Great Hall” of, 40-41, and their 
use, 41, 74, 128°; resemblance of, 
to Freiburg Stadttheater, 42*; tir- 
ing-house of, 47, 48°, 50-plat- OL: 
_ plat of, 47, 50- 51; "capacity of, 
a 47, 49, 50-plat-51, 52; balcony of, 
% 48, 50-plat-51 ; place for musi- 
cians in, 48°, 50-plat-51, 137°: 3 un- 
historical stage Or, AGe ae: a0 
3 picture of, 52; owned by Richard 
Burbage, 53, 56; whether built to 
a supplant “The Theatre,” 54, 128°, 
152; provisions for rent, repairs, 
4 and expenses of, 57, 89°, 89°, 91- 
92, 100, 101-2, 103, 104, 106-7, 
113, 126, 127, 128-29, 173°-74, 175, 
178-79; number of plays per week 
at, 71, 106-7, 124-25; plays at, 75, 
% 113-25, 165-72: number of actors 
at, 74-76, 127; names of actors at, 
76, 80°, 132°, 163, 1657, 177"; con-~ 
2 _ tract for employment of children 
= at, 80°; conduct of, official, 81, 83, 
~ 99, 101- 2, 126-29, 130; not gentle- 
men’s children at, 82, 180°, 180°; 
Star Chamber decree’ concerning, 
81-83, 87, 88, 93-94, 115, 126, 159; 
assignment of lease of, by Evans, 
85-86; new management of, 85, 
86, 87- O27 10259 1038 =4,. W132 1015's 
and Hamlet, 86, Lahey 129, 133, 158, 
164, 167, 168, 173-85 5 Queen Hen- 
‘tietta’ attends, 97°; status of Chil- 
‘dren at, 105-25 ; Duke of Stettin’s 
Diary on, 106-7, 108-25, 128; ar- 
tificial lighting of, 106- 1 124; 
popularization and musical in- 
_ fluence of concerts at, 117', 121; 
_ days of week for acting at, 125); 
imitation of customs of, 130, 136, 
141-47, 163; imitation of plays 
and playwrights of, 166-68; no 
189 
suppressive order against, 149'-50, 
153; alliance of City and theatre 
against, 151, 153-55, 156-57, 158- 
62, 168; protected by Queen’ s the- 
atrical ‘orders, 153; 16%"; 175-76; 
results of Queen’s attitude toward, 
155, 157, 158, 159, 162, 164-66, 
175-76; temporary restraint of, 
158°; as a “public” theatre, 161°; 
relations of, to theatres, poets, 
and players, 1633712; 178— ‘81; list 
of dramatists for, 163°; ; plays of, 
with local allusions, 164-72; pat- 
ronage drawn to, from public the- 
atres, 164-66, 176, 181-82; as 
cause of public theatre companies 
having to travel, 175°; reduced by 
James I to public- theatre level, 
183. See Children, Clifton, Duke, 
Elizabeth, Evans, Gyles, "James, 
Plays, Shakespeare, Sitting on the 
stage, Stage, Stage-quarrel, The- 
atre, &c. 
Bond, for 400/., as security to Bur- 
bage for rent of Blackfriars, 57, 
85°; for 200/., as security in new 
management ‘of Blackfriars, 88, 
92°; contains terms of agreement, 
g9"— —90, 91-92; for 50/., for sal- 
ary, 88, 102%, 125. See Articles, 
“Eight 'Shillings.” 
Boxes, private, at Blackfriars, 6, 
41-43, 49, 124, 140°, 141; of 
French theatres, 46, 147; j of pri- 
vate theatres, 141; origin of mod- 
ern, 42°, 46, 50-plat-s1. 
Bugle- blast at opening of a play, 11°. 
Burbage, James, purchase of Black- 
friars by, 17, 35, 36, 53, 128°; con- 
verts Priory into theatre, 17-18, 
152; alterations in Blackfriars 
building by, 7, 17, 35, 36, 38 (See 
Burbage, Richard) ; death Of pas 
purpose of, concerning Blackfriars 
and “The Theatre,” 54, 128°, 152. 
Burbage, Richard, leases Blackfriars 
to Shakespeare and fellows, 10, 
34°, 35, 44°", 45°, 56'; leases Black- 
friars to Evans, 17, 40, 56°, 57-58, 
84, 88; alterations in Blackfriars 
by (See Burbage, James), 39-54; 
owner of Blackfriars, 53, 56°; dis- 
proves assignment of Blackfriars 
lease in trust, 89°. 
Burbage-Shakespeare company, lease 
of Blackfriars by, 10, 34°, 35, 44°, 
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