Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609

Chapter 32: APPENDIX A

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This study analyzes a leading London playhouse during a pivotal decade, arguing that its architecture, financing, and company organization shaped both repertory and dramatic practice. It surveys the company’s repertoire and offers a systematic account of dramaturgy, treating scene structure, climaxes, finales, and broader narrative patterns. A detailed examination of the stage considers localization, spatial design, and the parts of the playing area, while chapters on acting explore rhetorical traditions, theatrical inheritance, playing conditions, and conceptions of human behavior such as decorum, motivation, and passion. Practical staging issues—illusion, grouping, entrances, recurring stage patterns—and the resulting stylistic effects receive focused attention.

APPENDIX A

i. Comparison of Plays Known Only Through Henslowe with Plays Otherwise Known

Total number of plays listed in the performance lists of Henslowe’s Diary	113
Plays known only through Henslowe’s Diary	62	54.9%
Plays known only through the Diary and Henslowe’s Papers	5	4.4
Plays known otherwise than through Henslowe’s Diary or Papers	24		21.2%
Plays which scholars have identified
with works otherwise known	(22)
Identification is probable for	10		8.9
Identification is improbable for	12	10.6
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Plays definitely and probably unknown but for Henslowe		69.9%
Plays definitely and probably otherwise known			30.1%
Of those known otherwise than through Henslowe	34 plays gave
	403 performances
Of those unknown but through Henslowe	79 plays gave
	496 performances