Bronte, Charlotte: and a high forehead, 137; and English tragedy, 176 Brooke, Arthur, 133, 151 Browning, Robert, on "Henry VIII.," 93 Brydges, Mary, 110 Burbage, Richard, as actor, 20, 86, 166 Busino's visit to the Fortune Playhouse, 13 Capell, Edward, as Shakespeare editor, 37, 44 "Castle Spectre, The," 196 "Cesario," 39 Chapel Royal, children of the, 45 Chapman, George: and "Troilus and Cressida," 100 _et seq._; opponent of Shakespeare, 102 Character-acting, 219 _et seq._ Chorus, the, 12 Christians, Marlowe's, and Shakespeare's Jew, 69 _et seq._ Claretie, M., 198 Clowns, 21 Coleridge, S. T., on "Henry VIII.," 89 Collier, J. P., on the effect of theatrical absence of scenery on dramatic poetry, 8 Comedie Francaise, the, visit to London, 198 "Comedy of Errors," 31, 42 Congreve, William, 196 Craig, Mr. Gordon: sketches, 222; inappropriateness of his scenery for Shakespeare, 222; comparison with Turner, 223; criticism of his art, 223; designs for "Macbeth," 224-227; his "Acis and Galatea," 224 "Curtain" in theatres, 120 Curtain Theatre, 7, 111, 115 "Cynthia's Revels," 21 Davenant, Sir William, 144 Dekker, Thomas: as player, 103; "Gul's Horn-Booke," 208 Diderot's "Pere de Famille," 197 Digges, Leonard, on a Shakespeare performance, 13 Dolby's "British Theatre," 53 Dowden, Edward, 145, 147, 153 Drake, Dr., on "Henry VIII.," 88 Dramatists and the public, 194 _et seq._ Dramatists: the Elizabethan, and the contemporary theatre, 5, 10; topical plays, 15; moral aim, 16; and the printing of plays, 18; supervision of acting, 25; Puritans and, 26; relations between, and actors, 44 Duncan (in "Macbeth"), 62 Earl's Court: Shakespeare at, 208; staging at, 209; "The Tricking of Malvolio," 209; star actor, 209; "Twelfth Night," 210; performances misleading, 215; "Enchantment of Titania," 216; "The Merchant of Venice," 216; a travesty of Shakesperian drama, 216 Edwards, Thomas, 91 Elizabeth, Queen, 62, 63; Lord Essex and, 108-112 Elizabeth's, Queen, Chapel, boys for, 10 Elizabethan Stage Society, the, 203; its origin, 204; "Measure for Measure," 205; "Twelfth Night," 205; list of plays performed (1893-1913), 206-207 Elocution: of Elizabethan actors, 19, 56; modern, in Shakespeare acting, 57, 58, 59 Elze, Dr. Karl, on "Henry VIII.," 91 Emerson, R. W. on "Henry VIII.," 91 Emphasis, faulty, in rendering Shakespeare, 59 English Opera House (now Palace Music Hall), 235 Essex, Earl of, 101; in "Troilus and Cressida," 108-112 Euripides, 195 "Everyman," 206 Falstaff: Sir John Oldcastle as, 112; effect of character of, on Shakespeare's position, 115 Faustus legend, 68 Field, Nathan, 21; anecdote of, 23 Filippi's, Miss Rosina, project for a students' theatre, 216