267

XIV. THE RED BULL 294

XV. WHITEFRIARS 310

XVI. THE HOPE 324

XVII. ROSSETER'S BLACKFRIARS, OR PORTER'S HALL 342

XVIII. THE PHOENIX, OR COCKPIT IN DRURY LANE 348

XIX. SALISBURY COURT 368

XX. THE COCKPIT-IN-COURT, OR THEATRE ROYAL AT WHITEHALL 384

XXI. MISCELLANEOUS: WOLF'S THEATRE IN NIGHTINGALE LANE;
THE PROJECTED "AMPHITHEATRE"; OGILBY'S DUBLIN THEATRE;
THE FRENCH PLAYERS' TEMPORARY THEATRE IN DRURY LANE;
DAVENANT'S PROJECTED THEATRE IN FLEET STREET 410

BIBLIOGRAPHY 433

MAPS AND VIEWS OF LONDON 457

INDEX 461

ILLUSTRATIONS

MAP OF LONDON SHOWING THE PLAYHOUSES _Frontispiece_

AN INN-YARD 4

MAP OF LONDON SHOWING THE INN-PLAYHOUSES 9

THE SITE OF THE FIRST PLAYHOUSES 27

THE SITE OF THE FIRST PLAYHOUSES 31

A PLAN OF BURBAGE'S HOLYWELL PROPERTY 33

THE SITE OF THE CURTAIN PLAYHOUSE 79

BLACKFRIARS MONASTERY 93

THE SITE OF THE TWO BLACKFRIARS PLAYHOUSES 94

A PLAN OF FARRANT'S PLAYHOUSE 97

THE BANKSIDE 120

THE BANKSIDE 121

THE BEAR- AND BULL-BAITING RINGS 123

THE BEAR GARDEN 127

THE BEAR GARDEN AND THE ROSE 147

THE BEAR GARDEN AND THE ROSE 149

JOAN WOODWARD ALLEYN 152

THE MANOR OF PARIS GARDEN AND THE SWAN PLAYHOUSE 163

THE SWAN PLAYHOUSE 165

THE INTERIOR OF THE SWAN