E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the many original illustrations. See 22397-h.htm or 22397-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/3/9/22397/22397-h/22397-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/2/3/9/22397/22397-h.zip) Transcriber's Notes: The original book cites Holland's _Her[Greek: o]ologia_ in several places, but consistently misspells it _Hero[Greek: o]logia_. This has been corrected based on the image of the original title page of _Her[Greek: o]ologia_ at the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov. The original book occasionally uses a numeral or letter enclosed in square brackets. In this e-book, these have been changed to curly brackets to avoid confusion with footnote markers. SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYHOUSES A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by JOSEPH QUINCY ADAMS Cornell University [Illustration] Gloucester, Mass. Peter Smith 1960 Copyright, 1917, by Joseph Quincy Adams Reprinted, 1960, by Permission of Houghton Mifflin Co. [Illustration: MAP OF LONDON SHOWING THE PLAYHOUSES BLACKFRIARS, (FIRST) 1576-1584. BLACKFRIARS, (SECOND) 1596-1655. CURTAIN, 1577-after 1627. FORTUNE, (FIRST) 1600-1621. FORTUNE, (SECOND) 1623-1661. GLOBE, (FIRST) 1599-1613. GLOBE, (SECOND) 1614-1645. HOPE, 1613-after 1682. PHOENIX OR COCKPIT, 1617-after 1664. RED BULL, about 1605-after 1663. ROSE, 1587-1605. SALISBURY COURT, 1629-1666. SWAN, 1595-after 1632. THEATRE, 1576-1598. WHITEFRIARS, about 1605-1614(?).] TO LANE COOPER IN GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM PREFACE