Contents.- 1. Preface. List of authorities. The court. The control of the stage.- II. The companies : Introduction; the boy companies; the adult companies. International companies, Actors, the play houses.- III. Staging at court. Staging in the theatres. Plays and playwrights.- IV. Anonymous work: Plays; masks; Receptions and entertainments.
Theatre--History.--England London--Theatres. English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan -- History & critism. Shakespeare, William--Stage history -- to 1625. Actors--English.