The Elizabethan Stage Vol. IV, by E. K. Chambers

Imprese, i. 143, 148, 197; iii. 213, 403; iv. 57, 231.
Improvisation, ii. 553.
Infamia of players, i. 252, 254; iv. 195, 199, 215, 217.
‘Ingle’, ii. 550.
Inhibition of plays. See Restraint.
Inner Temple, i. 214, 221; iii. 215, 233, 237, 238, 457, 514; iv. 80, 82, 127.
‘Innovation’, restraint for, ii. 206.
Inns, plays in, i. 283, 284, 304; ii. 356, 379–83, 527; iv. 267, 273, 288, 340, 369.
Inter-act dances, ii. 557; iii. 130;
music, ii. 541, 557; iii. 125, 130.
Interior action, iii. 63, 70, 119, 133, 152.
Interlude, early use of term, i. 56.
Interlude players of Household, i. 48, 63; ii. 77–85.
Interludes, setting of, iii. 21–7.
Intermedii, i. 152, 185; iii. 6, 384; iv. 356.
Inventories of Admiral’s, ii. 165.
Ireland, players in, i. 341.
Italian plays, ii. 261–5.
Italy, player in, ii. 273.

Jesuit plays, i. 323; iv. 374, 377, 401.
Jewel House, i. 42, 57, 63.
Jigs, i. 304; ii. 325, 342, 404, 455, 542, 551; iii. 496; iv. 217, 243, 340.
Jugglers, iv. 192, 217, 270.
Justices, control of plays by, i. 271, 274, 276, 279, 285, 299, 306, 337.
‘Juxtaposition’ of backgrounds, iii. 18, 21.

Keepers of Bears, ii. 450–2;
of Dogs, ii. 450–1;
of Council Chamber Door, i. 69.
King of the Bean, i. 19; iv. 82.
King’s men, ii. 208–20.
King’s Revels (1629–37), iv. 43.
King’s Revels, children of, ii. 64–8.
Kirk of Scotland and plays, ii. 265–8.
Knight Marshal, i. 33.
Knight of Crown, i. 141; iii. 403.
Knight of Pendragon Castle, iii. 268.
Knights of Body, i. 42–4.
Knights, satirized in plays, iii. 215, 252, 253, 255, 257, 439, 440; iv. 37, 38.

Labels, for localities, iii. 30, 40, 122, 126, 137, 154;
for play-titles, iii. 20, 41, 126, 137, 154;
for properties, iii. 137.
Ladies at playhouses, ii. 549, 555.
Ladies of Bed Chamber, i. 44, 54;
of Drawing Chamber, i. 54;
of Presence Chamber, i. 45;
of Privy Chamber, i. 44, 54.
Lady Elizabeth’s men, ii. 246–60.
Lady Essex’s men, ii. 103.
Lady Warwick’s men, ii. 99.
Lampo, iv. 365.
Lane’s men, ii. 96.
Lavoltas, i. 198; iii. 241, 435.
Lawsuits of players, ii. 23, 43, 57, 64, 80, 128, 131, 156, 202, 221, 236–40, 241–3, 383, 387–93, 398–400, 414, 424, 445, 515–17.
Leap-year, in plays, iii. 253, 292, 440; iv. 21, 29.
Learned counsel, i. 69.
Leicester’s boys, ii. 88.
Leicester’s men, ii. 85–91.
Length of plays, ii. 543, 556.
Lennox’s men, ii. 241.
Lent, restraint in, i. 286, 297, 301, 315; ii. 141–2, 159–60; iv. 256, 278, 297, 332, 336, 342.
Liaison, iii. 200.
‘Liberties’, ii. 477–80.
Licences, for plays, by high commission, i. 275;
by local officers, i. 276;
by master of revels, i. 318; ii. 222; iii. 276;
by privy council, i. 275;
by secondaries of the compter, i. 275;
by sovereign, i. 275;
by special commission, i. 295, 319;
by Samuel Daniel, ii. 49;
for playhouses, by local officers, i. 276, 279, 299, 306, 337;
by master of revels, i. 288, 295;
by privy council, i. 300;
for playing companies, by lords, i. 266, 270, 274, 276, 279, 286, 294, 299, 304, 310, 335, 337, 354; ii. 222;
by master of revels, i. 288; ii. 221;
by privy council, i. 274, 300; ii. 94, 123;
under signet, i. 306, 338; ii. 260;
for printing books, by correctors, iii. 162–77, 187–92;
by high commission, iii. 162, 166–8;
by lord chamberlain, iii. 192;
by master of revels, iii. 158, 169, 191, 258;
by privy council, iii. 159–63, 168;
by sovereign, iii. 160;
by Stationers’ company, iii. 162–77, 187–92;
subject to conditions, iii. 169, 188–90.
See Censorship, Deputations, Exemplifications, Patents, Restraints.
Liebeskampff, ii. 285.
Lighting of plays, i. 225, 227; ii. 541, 543, 556; iv. 372.
Lincoln’s Inn, i. 222; iii. 260; iv. 127.
Lincoln’s men, ii. 96.
Lion-baiting, ii. 454.
Lists for tilt, i. 140.
Livery of Household, i. 51, 539;
of players, i. 311, 313; ii. 82, 86, 105, 107, 211, 229, 239.
Local players, i. 280, 310, 328.
Locality, indicated in dialogue, iii. 41, 127;
change of, iii. 18, 25, 34, 36, 38–9, 43, 102, 121.
See Edge, Foreshortening, Juxtaposition, Labels, Multiple, Split Scenes, Unity.
Loggia, iii. 25, 32, 36, 43.
Long Parliament, plays suppressed by, i. 306, 387.
Lord Lieutenant, plays licensed by, i. 276.
Lord Mayor’s show, i. 135–8; iii. 305, 443, 445, 448, 455, 463; iv. 72.
Lords of Misrule, i. 19, 135; iv. 55, 71, 80, 200.
Lords of players, i. 266, 270, 274, 276, 279, 286, 294, 299, 304, 310, 335, 337, 354; ii. 3, 221; iii. 180, 188; iv. 205, 210, 230, 237, 263, 264, 268, 293, 298, 316, 319, 320, 324, 326, 328, 334, 337.
Lords’ rooms, ii. 531, 535–7; iii. 118; iv. 366.
Lost plays (list), iv. 398–404.
Lotteries, iv. 67, 400.
Lumi artificiali, iv. 355, 363.
Luoghi deputati, iii. 6.
Lutenists, i. 49; ii. 31, 277.

Machines, i. 179, 184, 232, 233; iii. 77, 97, 282, 376, 378–9, 383, 386; iv. 370, 371.
Maids of Honour, i. 45; iii. 514; iv. 114, 352.
‘Maisons’, iii. 16.
Managers of companies, i. 352; ii. 219, 238–9.
Manuscript plays (list), iv. 404–6.
Manuscripts used by players, iii. 193–7; iv. 4, 32, 43, 45.
Maps and plans of London, ii. 353–5, 376–9, 433.
Marprelate controversy, i. 261, 294; ii. 18, 110, 412; iii. 450; iv. 229–33.
Mascarade, i. 176.
‘Mask’, etymology of, i. 153.
Masks, i. 75, 76, 78, 79, 86, 100, 149–212; iii. 500;
characters in, i. 158, 192;
inserted in plays, i. 186–90.
See Alphabetical, Antimask, Assaults, Banquets, Books, Commoning, Devices, Double Mask, Entry, Finance, Folk-survivals, Gifts, Hall, Honour, Patterns, Perspective, Proscenium, Revels, Scenes, Spectators, Taking out, Torch-bearers, Truchmen.
‘Masque’, so spelt by Jonson, i. 176.
Master of Ceremonies, i. 53;
of Horse, i. 34, 67, 100, 107, 209;
of Paris Garden, ii. 450–3;
of Posts, i. 48, 62, 69;
of Requests, i. 48, 69;
of Robes, i. 52.
Master of Revels, i. 71–105, 282, 288, 295, 299, 300, 303, 305, 318–22; iv. 135–41, 272, 285, 293, 305, 308–9, 325, 338, 340, 342, 343;
fees of, i. 319; ii. 184;
play-texts altered by, i. 320;
supposed players of, i. 318; ii. 223.
See Licences.
Masters of Chapel, ii. 23, 27;
of Eton, ii. 73;
of Merchant Taylors, ii. 75;
of Paul’s, ii. 8, 21;
of Westminster, ii. 69;
of Windsor Chapel, ii. 61.
Masters of companies, i. 379, 386; iv. 371.
Masterships in Household, i. 34.
Matachines, iii. 280, 382; iv. 162.
Mat-layer, i. 182, 208; iii. 262.
May games, i. 4, 6, 20, 120, 135, 303; iii. 268, 391; iv. 44, 77, 94, 113, 115, 200, 231–3, 247, 311, 338.
Mayors, control of plays by. See Justices, Restraint.
Measures, i. 198; iii. 234, 239, 241, 278, 280, 282, 375, 378, 383, 385, 386, 434; iv. 56, 57, 59.
Men companies, list of, ii. 77.
Merchant Taylors, i. 296; ii. 72, 75, 213; iii. 394, 493; iv. 309;
children of, ii. 75.
‘Merriments’, ii. 325; iv. 24.
Messalina engraving, ii. 519.
Messengers of Chamber, i. 45, 69; ii. 114; iii. 444.
‘Mewing’, ii. 549; iv. 369.
Middle Temple, i. 222; iii. 260; iv. 111, 127.
Midsummer bonfires, i. 20;
watch, i. 4, 135; iv. 81.
Mimorum aedes, ii. 538.
Minstrels, i. 48; iv. 337.
‘Momer’, ii. 324, 332.
Momeries, i. 152.
‘Monarke’ at Revels office, i. 87.
‘Morals’ written for printing, iii. 179.
Morascos, i. 198; iv. 59.
Moresche, i. 195; iii. 6; iv. 356.
Morley’s men, ii. 113, 120, 124, 192.
Morris dance, i. 4, 124, 126, 135, 151, 156, 195, 262; ii. 326; iii. 362, 391, 453, 513; iv. 77, 78, 96, 200, 217, 231, 311, 367.
Mother of the Maids, i. 45, 54; iv. 67.
Motions, i. 281; iii. 373; iv. 271;
in masks, iii. 382, 387.
‘Mouth’, officers for, i. 46.
‘Multiple’ staging, iii. 18, 21, 25, 43.
Mumming, i. 150–1.
Music, ii. 541, 556.
Music house, i. 225; ii. 542, 557; iii. 139.
Music room, iii. 96, 120.
Music tree, ii. 557; iii. 137.
Musicians at court, i. 48, 63;
in masks, i. 201.