Barriers, i. 19, 140; iii. 378, 385, 393; iv. 57, 64, 77, 86, 87, 96, 98, 109, 114, 120, 124;
in play, i. 232;
in show, iii. 501.
Battle scenes, iii. 52, 106.
Battlements in court plays, i. 231; iii. 44, 91.
'Beam' on Paul's stage, iii. 136.
Bear-baiting, ii. 375, 449-71;
days for, i. 316; ii. 257, 471; iv. 307.
See Blind Bear.
Bear-gardens, ii. 376-9, 449-72.
'Beards', ii. 105.
'Bears' in masks, iii. 385, 388;
in plays, iv. 35.
Bears, names of, ii. 457.
Bed Chamber, i. 14, 53.
Bed 'thrust out', iii. 113.
'Bed-curtains', iii. 86, 112.
Bel Savage playhouse, ii. 382.
Bell playhouse, ii. 381.
'Benefits', i. 370, 373; ii. 172.
Berkeley's men, ii. 103.
'Bills', ii. 113, 514, 547; iii. 373, 501; iv. 199, 205, 228, 267, 283, 289, 303.
Birthday of sovereign, i. 20.
Black stages, iii. 79.
Blackfriars, children of, ii. 53-5.
Blackfriars playhouse (1576), ii. 495-7.
Blackfriars playhouse (1596), ii. 503-15.
Blind bear, whipping of, ii. 456-8, 469.
Board and cord game, i. 123.
Boar's Head playhouse, ii. 443-5.
Bonds of players, i. 352; ii. 131, 224.
'Bookholders', ii. 540; iv. 404.
'Books', as stock of players, i. 372; ii. 65, 161, 168; iii. 193;
used by prompter, i. 227; ii. 540;
provided for court audience, i. 227; ii. 72; iv. 378;
describing masks, i. 207; ii. 264; iii. 278, 281, 382;
describing tilt, i. 145.
See Original, Play-texts.
Books hawked in playhouses, ii. 549.
'Bouche of court', i. 51.
'Boxes', ii. 531, 555; iii. 496.
'Boxholders', i. 356; ii. 187, 388, 514, 532; iv. 228.
Boy bishop, ii. 11.
Boy companies, ii. 8-76, 88, 100-1, 119;
list of, ii. 8;
organization of, i. 378, 386; ii. 47;
staging for, iii. 130-54.
Boys in women's clothes, i. 248, 251, 254, 262, 362, 371; iii. 373; iv. 217, 249, 252, 256, 258.
Brandenburg, players at court of, ii. 288-92.
Brawls, i. 198; iii. 239.
Bride ale, i. 123.
Bristol, children of Chamber of, ii. 68.
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, players at court of, ii. 275-7.
Bull playhouse, ii. 380.
Bull-baiting, ii. 449, 454-8.
Bullettini (tickets), iii. 496.
Burning of playhouses, ii. 419, 442.
'By' progresses, i. 20, 120.
C
Calciatura, i. 51.
Calvinism and plays, i. 245.
Camera regis, i. 54.
Camerarii, i. 36.
Camp scenes, iii. 53, 106.
Candelieri, iv. 364.
Candlemas, i. 20, 213.
'Canopy', ii. 557; iii. 138, 141, 142, 148.
Capitalism and profit-sharing, i. 360-8; ii. 248-50.
Captain of Guard, i. 47.
Cards in playhouse, ii. 549; iv. 368.
Cart-takers, i. 117.
Casamenti (houses), iii. 5; iv. 355 356, 359, 360.
Case (houses), iii. 3-12.
'Castles', i. 11.
'Casts', number of players required for, i. 332; iii. 179, 317, 437, 470, 504, 505, 517; iv. 7, 13, 20, 21, 37, 51;
players' names in, iii. 510.
Censorship, i. 224, 239, 240, 246, 249, 266, 271, 275, 282, 283, 288, 289, 295, 303, 318-22; iii. 158-77, 191, 365, 367; iv. 2, 6, 32, 35, 45, 261, 263, 264, 269, 271, 274, 288, 306.
See Licences, Master of Revels, Play-texts, Restraints, Satire, Sedition.
Ceremonies, Master of, i. 53.
Challenges for tilt, i. 142.
Chamber accounts, i. 58-66; iv. 132-5, 140, 142-83 (extracts).
Chamber as organ of administration, i. 56.
Chamber officers, i. 42-7.
Chamber scenes, iii. 65, 94, 111.
Chamberers, i. 44.
Chamberlain, Great, i. 32.
Chamberlain of Household, Lord, i. 36-41, 48, 50, 66, 67, 100, 108, 205, 209, 218, 224, 226;
of Queen Anne's household, ii. 237.
