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 Chamberlain's men, ii. 92-3, 134-5, 193-208.

'Chameleon' players, i. 340, 376, 378, 383; ii. 3, 98; iii. 325.

Chancellor, Lord, iv. 67.

Chancery, i. 31, 55.

Chapel, children of, ii. 23-48, 50, 52, 59, 60.

Chapel Royal, i. 14, 48; ii. 24; iv. 352; plays in, ii. 35.

'Cheques' for tilt, iv. 64.

Children, of Blackfriars, ii. 53-5; Chamber of Bristol, ii. 68; Chapel, ii. 23-48, 50, 52, 59, 60; Eton, ii. 73; King's Revels, ii. 64-8; Merchant Taylors, ii. 75; Paul's, ii. 8-23; Queen's Revels, ii. 48-51, 56-61; Revels, ii. 51; Revels to Queen Anne (1623), iii. 474; iv. 43; Westminster, ii. 69-73; Whitefriars, ii. 55; Windsor, ii. 61-4.

Children of the Chapel Stript and Whipt, i. 278; ii. 34.

'Christian Terence', i. 239; iii. 12, 321.

Christmas, i. 19, 213; ii. 24, 71, 74; iv. 237.

Christmas Prince, iv. 71.

Churches, plays in, i. 336; ii. 35; advertised in, iv. 210.

'Cities' in court plays, i. 231; iii. 44.

Civic receptions, i. 126, 131.

Claque, ii. 549.

Clerk of Market, i. 116.

Clerk of Revels and Tents, i. 73, 83, 94.

Clerk Comptroller of Revels and Tents, i. 73, 94.

'Clerk plays' ii. 265.

Clinton's men, ii. 96.

'Close walk', iii. 56.

Closet, i. 14, 48.

'Closet' plays, iii. 19, 208, 236, 247, 275, 321, 330.

Clowns, ii. 152, 334.

Cockmaster, i. 53.

Cockpit at court, i. 8; as playhouse, i. 216, 234.

Cockpit, Drury Lane, playhouse, ii. 238, 240, 302, 372; iv. 15.

Coffer Chamber, i. 45.

Cofferer of Household, i. 35, 50, 115; iv. 134.

Comedie, iv. 357-60.

Comedy, definitions of, i. 238, 239, 257.

Comitas, i. 250.

Commedia dell' arte, ii. 262-3, 553; iii. 13. Commedia sostenuta, ii. 264; iii. 11, 13.

Commissions, to take up boys, ii. 17, 24, 27, 31, 33, 41, 43, 50, 52, 62, 64; for Revels office, i. 84, 89.

'Commoning' in mask, i. 153, 197.

Competition of companies, i. 386; ii. 7, 367.

'Compositions' of players, i. 352; ii. 174, 191, 237.

Comptroller of Household, i. 35, 55, 67.

Continent, players on, i. 342-7; ii. 271-94.

Contracts for playhouses, ii. 436, 466; with players, ii. 151-5.

Conversion of players abroad, ii. 290.

Copper lace, i. 208; ii. 184; iv. 367.

'Copy' for printed plays, iii. 193, 432.

Copyright, iii. 159, 172-7, 186-91, 395; iv. 48.

Corantos, i. 198; iii. 234, 239, 241, 278, 280, 282, 375, 378, 380, 383, 385, 390, 435; iv. 57, 59, 115.

'Coronation' Day. See Accession day.

Coronations, i. 131-4; ii. 29; iii. 392; iv. 60, 69.

Corrector of press, iv. 40.

'Correctors' of books, iii. 165, 167, 192.

Council Chamber, i. 14.

'Counting-house', iii. 69.

Court plays, i. 213-19, 223-34; statistics of, ii. 3-8; seasons for, i. 213; rooms for, i. 216; rewards for, i. 217; Revels officers at, i. 223; lighting of, i. 225; auditorium for, i. 226; staging of, i. 229; iii. 1-46. See Auditorium, Battlements, Cities, Domus, Front Curtains, Maisons, Payments, Perspective, Rehearsals, Senate houses, State, Walls.

Courtyard scenes, iii. 61.

Cressets, ii. 543.

Cross Keys playhouse, ii. 383.

'Cues', ii. 541; iv. 367.

Curia regis, i. 30, 54, 66.

Curtain playhouse, ii. 400-4.

Curtains, iii. 78, 81, 111; on court stage, i. 231; iii. 21, 30, 33, 35, 44, 46; in masks, i. 181. See Arras, Aulaeum, Bed curtains, Black, Discoveries, Front curtains, Hangings, Sinking, Traverse, Veil.

Cutpurses in playhouses, i. 264, 283, 304, 317; ii. 403, 441, 447, 545; at court, iii. 376-7, 387.