Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface ix
3. Contents xi
4. I. THE INN-YARD PLAYING PLACES : THEIR UPRISE AND CHARACTERISTICS 3
5. II. THE INN-YARD PLAY 28
6. III. THE PRACTICE OF DOUBLING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON EARLY DRAMATURGY 43
7. IV. THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE JIG 79
8. V. “HAMLET” AS SHAKESPEARE STAGED IT 102
9. VI. THE ELIZABETHAN NOCTURNAL 122
10. VII. STAGE TRAPS IN THE EARLY ENGLISH THEATRE 145
11. VIII. EARLY COMPOSITE PLAYS 176
12. IX. ILLUSION OF SOUNDS IN THE ELIZABETHAN THEATRE 199
13. X. ELIZABETHAN STAGE REALISM 221
14. XI. CHARACTERISTICS OF PLATFORM–STAGE SPECTACLE 251
15. XII. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE COMPLEX-DISGUISE PLAY 277
16. XIII. ELIZABETHAN STAGE PROPERTIES 299
17. XIV. THE ORIGIN OF THE SUBSTANTIVE THEATRE MASQUE 325
18. XV. EARLY DRAMATIC COLLABORATION A THEORY 340
19. XVI. EARLY PROMPT-BOOKS AND WHAT THEY REVEAL 373
20. Index 415