Extracts from the Accounts of the Revels at Court, in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I: From the Original Office Books of the Masters and Yeomen |
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Page 13 - Having also apt howses, made of Canvasse, fframed, ffashioned T; paynted accordingly ; as mighte best serve theier severall purposes. Together with sundry properties incident : ffashioned, paynted, garnished, and bestowed as the partyes them selves required T; needed.
Page xxiv - Playes acted before the Kinge and Queene this present yeare of the Lord 1636. 1 . Easter munday at the Cockpitt the firste parte of Arviragus.* 2. Easter tuesday at the Cockpitt the second parte of Arviragus.
Page 227 - A History of the Duke of Millayn and the Marques of Mantua 154 A history of Alucius . . ib.
Page 223 - Pedantiusl and the Oxford Bellum Grammaffcale? or, to speake of a London Comedie, how much good matter, yea and matter of state, is there in that Comedie cald the play ; of the Cards, in which it is showed how foure Parasiticall knaues robbe the foure principal!
Page 13 - All whiche vj. playes being chosen owte of many and ffownde to be the best that then were to be had ; the same also being often pused, T; necessarely corrected T; amended by all thafforeseide officers.
Page 226 - Tu Quoque or the Cittie Gallant, as it hath beene divers times acted by the Queenes Maiesties servants. Written by Jo. Cooke, Gent. (Printed at London for John Trundle. 1614...
Page 168 - Ells of single sarcenet for pell. facingf , bandf scarfes and girdles, one citty, one pallace, and xviij paire of gloves. '' The Earle of A Storie of shewed on Shrovetuesdaie at night Leicesters in the hall wheron was ymploied one great citty and xij men. . ,, , paire of gloves. Wages. The Yeoman, Porter 1 certen taylors for worke doing ; xiiij".
Page v - COUNCIL THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY. THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY. RT. HON. LORD BRAYBROOKE, FSA RT. HON. LORD F. EGERTON, MP RT. HON. THE EARL OF GLENGALL. RT. HON. LORD LEIGH. AMYOT, THOMAS, ESQ., FRS, TREAS. SA AYRTON, WILLIAM, ESQ., FRS, FSA BRUCE, JOHN, ESQ., FSA CAMPBELL, THOMAS, ESQ. COLLIER, J. PAYNE, ESQ., FSA, DIRECTOR.
Page 140 - To Patruchius Ubaldinas by the comaundmt of the Lord Chamberleyne for the translating of certen speaches into Italian to be used in the maske the making the tables for them the writing faire in the same Tables and for his chardges in travelling about the same ; xlij8.
Page viii - Keaper of the Privie Purse to the late Noble Prynce Henry, Prynce of Wales, from the first of October 1610 to the sixth of November 1612 (the daye of the decease of the said Prynce) as lykewise for certaine paymentes made after the deathe of the saide Prynce in the monethes of November and December 1612.