THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE VOL. III Oxford University Press _London_ _Edinburgh_ _Glasgow_ _Copenhagen_ _New York_ _Toronto_ _Melbourne_ _Cape Town_ _Bombay_ _Calcutta_ _Madras_ _Shanghai_ Humphrey Milford Publisher to the UNIVERSITY [Illustration: FROM THE VENICE TERENCE OF 1499] THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE BY E. K. CHAMBERS. VOL. III OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M.CMXXIII Printed in England CONTENTS VOLUME III PAGE XIX. STAGING AT COURT 1 XX. STAGING IN THE THEATRES: SIXTEENTH CENTURY 47 XXI. STAGING IN THE THEATRES: SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 103 BOOK V. PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS XXII. THE PRINTING OF PLAYS 157 XXIII. PLAYWRIGHTS 201 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Coliseus sive Theatrum. From edition of Terence published by Lazarus Soardus (Venice, 1497 and 1499) _Frontispiece_ Diagrams of Stages pp. 84, 85 NOTE ON SYMBOLS I have found it convenient, especially in Appendix A, to use the symbol < following a date, to indicate an uncertain date not earlier than that named, and the symbol > followed by a date, to indicate an uncertain date not later than that named. Thus 1903 <> 23 would indicate the composition date of any part of this book. I have sometimes placed the date of a play in italics, where it was desirable to indicate the date of production rather than publication. XIX STAGING AT COURT