Sir William Davenant, the Court Masque, and the English Seventeenth Century Scenic Stage, c1605 –c1700
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Chapter 4: Fitting Out the Scenic Stage

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The Restoration

111

The Building at Lincoln’s Inn Fields

114

The Stage and the Legacy from the Masques

117

Candle Power

126

The Auditorium

130

The Scene Painters

131

A Theatrical Advertisement: The Playhouse to be Let

133

Disclosure and Discovery

136

The Rival Managers

145

Chapter 5: Changing Conventions

161

Davenant’s Stagecraft

161

The Villain and Temporal Dislocation

168

The Adventures of Five Hours and Spatial Disparity

170

Elvira and Simultaneous Action

176

Known Contemporary Locations

180

Embryonic Ideas

183

The Place of the Actor

187

Seeds Take Root

193

Chapter 6: “Scenes, machines, and empty operas”

203

Davenant’s Legacy

203

Two New Theatres

204

Dorset Gardens

204

Drury Lane

207

Staging Discoveries and Double Discoveries

211

Staging Spectacle and Set Pieces

213

The Staging of Sir Patient Fancy

230

How Many Shutters Make a Set?

235

Scenes in Perspective and the “Long Street”

238

Practical Trees, Cut-Out Groves, and Deep Settings

241