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 Barriers, i. 19, 140; iii. 378, 385, 393; iv. 57, 64, 77, 86, 87, 96, 98, 109, 114, 120, 124;  in play, i. 232; in show, iii. 501.

Battle scenes, iii. 52, 106.

Battlements in court plays, i. 231; iii. 44, 91.

'Beam' on Paul's stage, iii. 136.

Bear-baiting, ii. 375, 449-71; days  for, i. 316; ii. 257, 471; iv. 307. See Blind Bear.

Bear-gardens, ii. 376-9, 449-72.

'Beards', ii. 105.

'Bears' in masks, iii. 385, 388; in plays, iv. 35.

Bears, names of, ii. 457.

Bed Chamber, i. 14, 53.

Bed 'thrust out', iii. 113.

'Bed-curtains', iii. 86, 112.

Bel Savage playhouse, ii. 382.

Bell playhouse, ii. 381.

'Benefits', i. 370, 373; ii. 172.

Berkeley's men, ii. 103.

'Bills', ii. 113, 514, 547; iii. 373, 501; iv. 199, 205, 228, 267, 283, 289, 303.

Birthday of sovereign, i. 20.

Black stages, iii. 79.

Blackfriars, children of, ii. 53-5.

Blackfriars playhouse (1576), ii. 495-7.

Blackfriars playhouse (1596), ii. 503-15.

Blind bear, whipping of, ii. 456-8, 469.

Board and cord game, i. 123.

Boar's Head playhouse, ii. 443-5.

Bonds of players, i. 352; ii. 131, 224.

'Bookholders', ii. 540; iv. 404.

'Books', as stock of players, i. 372; ii. 65, 161, 168; iii. 193; used by prompter, i. 227; ii. 540; provided for court audience, i. 227; ii. 72; iv. 378; describing masks, i. 207; ii. 264; iii. 278, 281, 382; describing tilt, i. 145. See Original, Play-texts.

Books hawked in playhouses, ii. 549.

'Bouche of court', i. 51.

'Boxes', ii. 531, 555; iii. 496.

'Boxholders', i. 356; ii. 187, 388, 514, 532; iv. 228.

Boy bishop, ii. 11.

Boy companies, ii. 8-76, 88, 100-1, 119; list of, ii. 8; organization of, i. 378, 386; ii. 47; staging for, iii. 130-54.

Boys in women's clothes, i. 248, 251, 254, 262, 362, 371; iii. 373; iv. 217, 249, 252, 256, 258. Brandenburg, players at court of, ii. 288-92.

Brawls, i. 198; iii. 239.

Bride ale, i. 123.

Bristol, children of Chamber of, ii. 68.

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, players at court of, ii. 275-7.

Bull playhouse, ii. 380.

Bull-baiting, ii. 449, 454-8.

Bullettini (tickets), iii. 496.

Burning of playhouses, ii. 419, 442.

'By' progresses, i. 20, 120.

C

Calciatura, i. 51.

Calvinism and plays, i. 245.

Camera regis, i. 54.

Camerarii, i. 36.

Camp scenes, iii. 53, 106.

Candelieri, iv. 364.

Candlemas, i. 20, 213.

'Canopy', ii. 557; iii. 138, 141, 142, 148.

Capitalism and profit-sharing, i. 360-8; ii. 248-50.

Captain of Guard, i. 47.

Cards in playhouse, ii. 549; iv. 368.

Cart-takers, i. 117.

Casamenti (houses), iii. 5; iv. 355 356, 359, 360.

Case (houses), iii. 3-12.

'Castles', i. 11.

'Casts', number of players required for, i. 332; iii. 179, 317, 437, 470, 504, 505, 517; iv. 7, 13, 20, 21, 37, 51; players' names in, iii. 510.

Censorship, i. 224, 239, 240, 246, 249, 266, 271, 275, 282, 283, 288, 289, 295, 303, 318-22; iii. 158-77, 191, 365, 367; iv. 2, 6, 32, 35, 45, 261, 263, 264, 269, 271, 274, 288, 306. See Licences, Master of Revels, Play-texts, Restraints, Satire, Sedition.

Ceremonies, Master of, i. 53.

Challenges for tilt, i. 142.

Chamber accounts, i. 58-66; iv. 132-5, 140, 142-83 (extracts).

Chamber as organ of administration, i. 56.

Chamber officers, i. 42-7.

Chamber scenes, iii. 65, 94, 111.

Chamberers, i. 44.

Chamberlain, Great, i. 32.

Chamberlain of Household, Lord, i. 36-41, 48, 50, 66, 67, 100, 108, 205, 209, 218, 224, 226; of Queen Anne's household, ii. 237.