BOOK III

. THE COMPANIES

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XII. INTRODUCTION. THE BOY COMPANIES 1

A. Introduction 3

B. The Boy Companies--

i. Children of Paul’s 8

ii. Children of the Chapel and Queen’s Revels 23

iii. Children of Windsor 61

iv. Children of the King’s Revels 64

v. Children of Bristol 68

vi. Westminster School 69

vii. Eton College 73

viii. Merchant Taylors School 75

ix. The Earl of Leicester’s Boys 76

x. The Earl of Oxford’s Boys 76

xi. Mr. Stanley’s Boys 76

XIII. THE ADULT COMPANIES 77

i. The Court Interluders 77

ii. The Earl of Leicester’s Men 85

iii. Lord Rich’s Men 91

iv. Lord Abergavenny’s Men 92

v. The Earl of Sussex’s Men 92

vi. Sir Robert Lane’s Men 96

vii. The Earl of Lincoln’s (Lord Clinton’s) Men 96

viii. The Earl of Warwick’s Men 97

ix. The Earl of Oxford’s Men 99

x. The Earl of Essex’s Men 102

xi. Lord Vaux’s Men 103

xii. Lord Berkeley’s Men 103

xiii. Queen Elizabeth’s Men 104

xiv. The Earl of Arundel’s Men 116

xv. The Earl of Hertford’s Men 116

xvi. Mr. Evelyn’s Men 117

xvii. The Earl of Derby’s (Lord Strange’s) Men 118

xviii. The Earl of Pembroke’s Men 128

xix. The Lord Admiral’s (Lord Howard’s, Earl of Nottingham’s), Prince Henry’s, and Elector Palatine’s Men 134

xx. The Lord Chamberlain’s (Lord Hunsdon’s) and King’s Men 192

xxi. The Earl of Worcester’s and Queen Anne’s Men 220

xxii. The Duke of Lennox’s Men 241

xxiii. The Duke of York’s (Prince Charles’s) Men 241

xxiv. The Lady Elizabeth’s Men 246

XIV. INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES 261

i. Italian Players in England 261

ii. English Players in Scotland 265

iii. English Players on the Continent 270

XV. ACTORS 295

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