Acknowledgments/ Introduction/ Part One - The company: 1. The Lord Chamberlain's Servants, 2. Balancing the books, 3. 'This luxurious circle' - the Globe theatre, 4. The Globe plays/ Part Two - The plays: 5. Twelfth Night and playhouse practice, 6. Hamletand the actor in Shakespeare's theatre, 7. Macbeth from the tiring house/ 8. Two playhouses/ Appendix A. The inventory taken of all the properties for my Lord Admiral's Men the 10th of March 1598 (=1599)/ Appendix B. Extract from the contract for building the Fortune in 1599/1600/ Appendix C. Petition by the inhabitants of Blackfriars to the Privy Council, 1596/ Notes/ Select bibliography/ Index of plays/ General index