6 great attempt to preserve, in the actor's dresses, the local colouring of the play. Nevertheless various easy and obviously required concessions would be made. Kings and queens would dress magnificently, mechanics and serving-men humbly. In Orlando Furioso we read that Orlando is to enter 'attired as a madman' and that Marsilius and Mandricard are to appear like Palmers'; in Alphonsus, King of Arragon Calchas rises up in a white surplice and a cardinal's mitre', and in Edward the First Longshanks figures in Friar's weeds'. The list could be continued. It is practically certain that there was no painted scenery, the absence of which would greatly facilitate the expeditious passage from scene to scene. Stage properties, however, were probably a valuable part of the theatrical belongings. If we glance over the stagedirections in the plays of Greene, Peele, Kyd and Marlowe, we come upon such visible objects as a throne, a bower, a bed, a table, a tomb, a litter, a cage, a chariot, a hearse, a tree; more elaborate would be Alphonsus's canopy with a king's head at each of three corners, Bungay's dragon shooting fire, Remilia's 'globe seated in a ship', the 'hand from out a cloud with a burning sword' (A Looking-Glass), and the Brazen Head casting out flakes of fire (Alphonsus). Considering Marlowe's plays in the light of this information we shall be obliged to admit that they stood a good chance of having very fair justice done to them. The points in which the staging differed from our modern methods were in favour of greater realism. Daylight is more truthful than foot-lights are; and if there was any poverty in the setting, so much the more was attention centred upon the actors, who are declared, by the authors themselves, to have attained a high level of excellence, Fame has not yet forgotten the names of Burbage and Alleyn. Adam, 16-18, 45. II. PLAYS Alphonsus, King of Arragon, 147, Arden of Feversham, 193, 214, Arraignment of Paris, The, 168, As You Like It, 140. Battle of Alcazar, The, 170-1, 180-3. Cain and Abel, 18, 25. Edward the Second, 196, 228, 250-6, Endymion, 127, 132–8. Everyman, 51, 55, 61. Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth, Faustus, Doctor, 61, 107, 117, 209, Ferrex and Porrex, The Tragedy of, Four Elements, The, 76. Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Gallathea, 127, 138-44, 169, 176. 172. George à Greene, The Pinner of Hamlet, 213. Henry IV, 181-3. Henry the Fifth, The Famous Vic- Hick Scorner, 61, 69, 70. James IV, 147, 149, 159-63, 165, Jeronimo, 197, 199-204, 212, 215, Jew of Malta, The, 215, 223, 242–8. King John, 79. King Lear, 212, 213. Lazarus, 15. Like Will to Like, 67-76, 118, 271. Locrine, 198. Looking Glass for London and Love's Metamorphoses, 127. Macbeth, 245, 266. Magi, 15, 23, 25, 45. Marriage at Cana, 9. Marriage of Wit and Science, The, Massacre at Paris, The, 223, 248-9, Meretrice Babylonica, De, 79. Midsummer-Night's Dream, A, 45. Miracle of the Sacrament, The, 49. New Custom, 74, 79, 80, 81, 271. Oedipus Tyrannus, 109–10. Orlando Furioso, 147, 153-5, Pammachius, 79. Pardoner and the Friar, The, 81-4. Pericles, 103. Promus and Cassandra, 115. Quem Quaeritis, 12, 13, 15, 22, 25. Ralph Roister Doister, 89-91, 92, Resurrection, 12, 13, 15, 22, 25. Saint Katharine, 22. Saint Nicholas, 15, 16, 22. Samson Agonistes, 107. Sapho and Phao, 127, 146. Shepherds, 14, 15, 22, 23. Soliman and Perseda, 197,198, 216, Spanish Tragedy, The, 35, 197, 198, Staple of News, The, 72. Summer's Last Will and Testament, Supposes, The, 127. Tamburlaine, 148, 150, 151, 154, Towneley Miracle Play, 23, 39, 43. Troublesome Reign of King John, Twelfth Night, 70, 86, 157. Wakefield Miracle Play, The, 23, Warning to Fair Women, A, 269. Yorkshire Tragedy, A, 269. III. PROMINENT CHARACTERS Abraham, 27-9. Adam, 17, 18, 19, 27, 34. Aeneas, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, Alexander, 128, 129. Angels, Good and Bad, 57, 61, Apelles, 129, 130, 131, 140, 168. Arran, Countess of, 159, 162, 163. Barabas, 222, 243, 247. Barbarian in St. Nicholas, 15, 16. Bell' Imperia, 199, 205, 206, 207, Bombie, Mother, 145. Cambyses, 97, 98, 99. Delia, 183, 185. Devil, The, 17, 18, 19, 70, 71, 73, Diana, 173, 175, 176, 229. Dipsas, 133, 184. Dorothea, Queen, 159, 160, 161, Edward II, 250, 251, 252, 253, Edward, Prince, 155, 156, 157, Endymion, 132, 133, 134, 135, Everyman, 55, 56, 58, 59, 66, 95. Freewill, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66. Gallathea, 141, 142, 143. Gurton, Gammer, 92, 93, 94, 95 Hance, 69, 70. Hodge, 92, 93, 94, 95, 126. Ida, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163. Isabella, 207, 208, 211, 216, 217. |