Table of contents : Cover Copyright Title Contents Illustrations Preface Heavens, Machinery, and Pillars in the Theatre and Other Early Playhouses Henry Lanman's Curtain Playhouse as an "Easer" to the Theatre, 1585-1592 Aspects of the Design and Use of the First Public Playhouse The Theatre and the Tradition of Playhouse Design Why Didn't Burbage Lease the Beargarden? A Conjecture in Comparative Architecture A Handlist of Documents about the Theatre in Shoreditch INDEX