D

• Dances, i. 6, 198;
• in masks, i. 149, 195, 199;
• after plays, ii. 550;
• between acts, ii. 557; iii. 130;
• in nets, iv. 200.
• See Jigs.
• Dancing bears, ii. 449.
• Dancing masters, i. 201; ii. 494.
• Dates, styles used for, iii. 355, 362, 390.
• Daylight playing, iv. 372.
• Days for playing, i. 285, 288, 290, 291, 293, 295, 301, 302, 303, 314, 316; iv. 200, 205, 303, 307, 312, 331.
• ‘Dead rent’ of playhouse, ii. 22.
• Debts of players, i. 351, 363, 368; ii. 149, 157, 175, 191, 226, 245, 248.
• Declared Accounts, iv. 132.
• Decorum, i. 256.
• Defences of plays, i. 250–3, 256–60, 262; iv. 184, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 201, 206, 226, 228, 237, 238, 243, 245, 250, 257, 259.
• Denmark, players in, ii. 271, 276, 284.
• ‘Deputations’ of players, i. 336; ii. 59–60.
• Derby’s men, ii. 118–27.
• ‘Descents’, iii. 77, 108, 132.
• Devices in masks, i. 190; iii. 279;
• in tilts, i. 143;
• on progress, i. 122–6.
• Devil on the stage, i. 256; iii. 423.
• Diagrams of stage, iii. 84.
• Dicitori (players), iv. 358, 364.
• ‘Diet’, i. 51.
• Dining in state, i. 15, 34, 46.
• Disard, ii. 82.
• ‘Discoveries’, iii. 28, 81, 96, 111, 133.
• Disguising, i. 151.
• Disorders at playhouses, i. 264, 266, 283, 287, 291, 293, 297, 298, 304, 317; ii. 100, 104, 105, 396, 441, 447; iii. 501; iv. 244, 274, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 297, 310, 318, 321, 341.
• Division of companies, i. 293, 332, 341; ii. 106, 111, 121, 129, 239; iv. 302, 312, 343.
• Domus, ii. 539; iii. 6–8, 31.
• Doors of playhouse, ii. 538;
• on stage, iii. 73, 83, 100, 132; iv. 366.
• Double mask, i. 152, 154, 191.
• Doubling of parts, i. 371.
• Drama. See Plays.
• Dramatists. See Playwrights.
• Drums and trumpets announcing plays, ii. 160, 547; iv. 199, 203, 219, 228, 291, 316, 320.
• Duke of York’s men, ii. 241–4.
• Duration of plays, iv. 195, 198, 230, 316.
• Duretto, i. 198; iii. 234; iv. 59.
• Dwarfs at court, i. 48.

E

• Earl Marshal, i. 33.
• ‘Earnest’, ii. 161.
• Earthquake, i. 256, 286–7; iv. 208.
• ‘Easer’ to playhouse, ii. 393, 402.
• Economics of stage, i. 308, 348–88.
• Edge of stage, action on, iii. 29, 90, 107, 154.
• Educational value of plays, i. 237–40, 249, 251; iv. 184, 186, 187, 188, 191, 199.
• Εκκύκλημα, iii. 97.
• Elector Palatine’s men, ii. 190–2.
• ‘End’ of stage, iii. 74.
• Engelische Comedien und Tragedien, ii. 285.
• Enrolled Accounts, iv. 132, 134.
• Entrance fees, ii. 531–4, 556; iii. 501; iv. 194, 219, 228, 230, 232, 240, 243, 366.
• Entrances to stage, iii. 73.
• Entremets, i. 152.
• Entry of maskers, i. 182.
• Epilogue, ii. 547, 550; iv. 256.
• Esquires of Body, i. 46, 50;
• of Household, i. 42–4.
• Essex’s men, ii. 102.
• Ethics of the stage, i. 236–68; iv. 184–259 (extracts), 267, 269, 273, 279, 281, 284, 291, 294, 295, 300, 303, 307, 317, 318, 321.
• Eton, children of, ii. 73.
• Evelyn’s men, ii. 117.
• Exchequer, i. 5, 31, 54, 60, 62; iv. 131.
• Exchequer court, i. 8.
• ‘Excursions’, iii. 53.
• Execution scenes, iii. 57, 97.
• Executions near playhouse, ii. 396.
• Exemplifications of patents, i. 305, 355; ii. 192, 235, 259.
• ‘Extempore’ plays, ii. 553; iii. 287, 444–5.
• ‘Extraordinary’ household officers, i. 46, 49.
• Extravagance of plays, i. 252, 255, 263.

F

• Fairies in shows, i. 124; iii. 401–2; iv. 63.
• Family of Love, iii. 440, 441; iv. 11, 16, 29.
• ‘Fee lists’, i. 29.
• Fees of household, i. 29, 50;
• of players, ii. 78, 83.
• Fencing, i. 289, 305, 361; ii. 343, 380, 382, 404, 410, 413–14, 470, 499, 500, 529; iv. 54, 79, 121, 205, 206, 270, 277, 283, 289, 293, 294, 324, 337.
• Ferrara, plays at, iii. 4, 8.
• Finance of masks, i. 207–12.
• Finance of stage. See Boxholders, Entrance fees, Fees of players, Gallery takings, Gatherers, Gratuity, Henslowe, Highway, Hospitals, Housekeepers, Pensions, Poor, Profits, Rewards, Sharers, Stock, Takings.
• Fines of players, ii. 256.
• Finestre (windows), iv. 360.
• Fireworks, i. 123, 139; ii. 455; iv. 72, 73, 74, 88, 121, 122, 124, 127.
• Flags on playhouses, ii. 546; iv. 219.
• Folgore (lightning), iv. 365.
• Folk-survivals in masks, i. 150.
• Fools, at court, i. 48, 53;
• on stage, ii. 327, 339.
• See Clowns.
• Foreshortening of space, iii. 25, 33, 37, 38, 41, 43, 50, 99, 117, 137, 150.
• Forgeries, i. 59; ii. 79, 108, 159, 195, 207, 211, 229, 480, 496, 508, 510, 515; iii. 247, 252, 266–7, 274, 292, 421, 423, 425, 426, 428, 434, 459, 490, 512; iv. 1, 68, 136–41.
• Fortune playhouse, ii. 435–43.
• France, players in, ii. 292–4.
• Free list, i. 361, 374; ii. 387, 406.
• French players in England, iii. 19.
• Front curtains, i. 231; iii. 10, 21, 30, 44, 79.

G

• ‘Gag’, i. 322.
• Galleries, of stage, ii. 534; iii. 45, 90–8, 119;
• of auditorium, ii. 514, 530–4, 555.
• Gallery takings, i. 355; ii. 131, 139, 182, 239, 245, 249, 256, 388, 393, 412.
• Galliards, i. 6, 198; iii. 234, 239, 241, 278, 280, 282, 378, 380, 383, 385, 390, 435; iv. 56, 57, 59, 115, 217.
• Garden scenes, iii. 55.
• Garderoba, i. 55.
• Garter, i. 20, 139; ii. 61, 160.
• Gatherers, i. 356, 371; ii. 150, 174, 187, 389, 392, 393, 406, 445, 538.
• ‘Gatheryngs’, ii. 532; iii. 504.
• Gelosi, ii. 262–3.
• Geneva, history of plays at, i. 245.
• Gentlemen of Chapel, ii. 24–30; iv. 150;
• of Privy Chamber, i. 43, 50.
• Gentlemen Ushers of Chamber, i. 44–5, 50, 108, 205, 226.
• Germany, players in, i. 342–7; ii. 272–92.
• ‘Gests’ of progresses, i. 108; iv. 117, 120, 126.
• ‘Get-penny’, i. 373.
• ‘Ghost-names’, ii. 108, 312, 319; iii. 495.
• Gifts in mask, i. 150, 160, 168, 196; iii. 278, 279, 282, 375, 435, 468;
• on progress, i. 113, 116, 125.
• Globe playhouse, ii. 414–34.
• ‘Good’ and ‘bad’ Shakespearian quartos, iii. 185.
• Gowry Day, i. 21.
• Grades in household, i. 42.
• Gradi (tiers of seats), iv. 355, 358.
• Graphic dances, i. 199.
• ‘Gratuity’ to players, i. 339.
• Gray’s Inn, i. 214, 222; iii. 233, 239, 320–1, 348; iv. 56, 59, 82, 109, 127, 143, 162.
• Great Chamber, i. 13, 216.
• Green Cloth, board of, i. 35.
• Groom Porter of Chamber, i. 45, 100.
• Grooms of Chamber, i. 45, 50, 208, 311, 358;
• of Privy Chamber, i. 43, 50;
• of Revels, i. 93, 100;
• of Stole, i. 53.
• Grooms, in playhouses. See Attendants.
• Groundlings, ii. 527; iv. 366.
• Guard Chamber, i. 13.
• Guilds and plays, i. 289, 296.
• Gunpowder Day, i. 21; iii. 367.

H

• Hall officers, i. 34, 226.
• ‘Hall’ or ‘room’, for masks, ii. 189;
• for interludes, iii. 23, 27.
• Hall scenes, iii. 63, 86.
• Hallowmas, i. 21; iv. 237.
• Halls of palaces, i. 13, 15, 202, 216.
• Hangings, iii. 78, 111, 133, 501; iv. 367, 370.
• Harbingers, i. 46, 108.
• Harlots in playhouses, i. 255, 264; ii. 549; iv. 203, 209, 211, 218, 223.
• ‘Heavens’, ii. 544–6, 555; iii. 30, 75–7, 108, 133, 501.
• ‘Hell’, ii. 528; iii. 30, 501.
• Hell-mouth, i. 232; ii. 528; iii. 72, 90.
• Henchmen, i. 45.
• Henslowe’s companies, finance of, ii. 94, 121, 123, 139–43, 148, 156–7, 159–64, 174, 181–5, 189, 225–8, 245, 248–50, 254–7.
• Hercules, Labours of, i. 152, 246; ii. 90.
• Hereditary household officers, i. 32.
• Hertford’s men, ii. 116.
• Hesse-Cassel, players at court of, ii. 277–83.
• High Commission, i. 275–6; iii. 162, 166–8, 171–2; iv. 265, 303.
• Highway rates on playhouses, i. 317; iv. 344.
• Hireling players, i. 362, 370; ii. 184, 250; iv. 204.
• Hiring of playhouses, i. 369; ii. 448, 516.
• Hissing, ii. 549.
• Hobby-horses, i. 232; iii. 475; iv. 91, 217.
• Hock Tuesday play, i. 123.
• ‘Honour’ in dance, i. 198; iii. 241.
• Hope playhouse, ii. 448–71.
• Horse and ape baited, ii. 454–7.
• Horse, performing, ii. 383; iii. 279.
• Hospitals, subsidies by players to, iv. 272, 275.
• Hosteria (inn), iv. 360.
• Hôtel de Bourgogne, staging at, iii. 15–19.
• Hour of performances, i. 289, 313; ii. 543, 556; iv. 262, 288, 300, 316.
• Household, i. 30–70.
• Household accounts, iv. 131.
• ‘Housekeepers’, i. 356, 368; ii. 417, 425, 442, 510.
• ‘Houses’ for plays, i. 78, 229; iii. 21, 42.
• Howard’s men, ii. 134–86.
• Humanism and the stage, i. 237, 250.
• Hunsdon’s men, ii. 192–208.
• Hunt in plays, i. 232.
• Hunting, i. 7, 11, 13, 17, 21, 22.
• ‘Hut’, ii. 544–6; iii. 78.