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SHAKSPERE'S ENGLAND.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
Printed by SPOTTISWOODE & Co.,
New-street Square.
30.42 GS
Res. Spec. Got.
Henneman 7.28 42
46060
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER X.
THE THEATRE.
-
The Ancient and Modern Stage. Strolling Players.- Tarleton,
the Comedian, a Guest of Elizabeth's. — Actors of the Day. –
High Standing of
many. Scenery and Dress.-Private Theatres.
- Actors' Profits. Prices of Plays. - No Female Actors.
Playhouses of London.-Troops of Actors.-The Globe and its Con-
temporaries.- Puritan Outcries.-The Actors individually known.
The
Ben Jonson. - The Seven chief Theatres.- Playbills. - Days
of Performance. - Actresses. The Gallant on the Stage.
Fop and the Critic. — Note Takers. — The Pit. — Furniture of the
Stage. Prologue. The Play and the Jig. How to go to the
Play. The Water Poet. Coaches and Waggons. Strolling
Players. Sketch of the Elizabethan Age. - Shakspere's Contem-
poraries. Men he must have seen. - His Elizabethan Manners.
- Dress, Scenes, and Characters. Food. - Parallelisms. - Few
Facts of his Life.- A Dozen Dates. Traditions of him. His
Learning. His Individuality. Allusions to Acting. The
Dramatist and Manager. - Amateur Acting. Humiliation of the
Actor. - Self-Accusation, Remorse. Mystery of Sonnets.
Urging Friend to Marriage. Love, Poems, and Repentance. -