PrefaceIntroductionChapter One: The Early YearsChapter Two : Possible BeginningsChapter Three: Shakespeare on the Record and the Stages of 1594: Newington Butts, the Theatre, Greenwich Palace, and Gray's InnChapter Four: The Chamberlain's / King's Men and their OrganizationChapter Five: A Stormy Passage, from the Theatre, via the Curtain, to the GlobeChapter Six: 'The Great Globe Itself'Chapter Seven: A New ReignChapter Eight: The BlackfriarsAppendix 1 Chamberlain's/King's Men's Plays 1594-1614, other than by ShakespeareBibliographyIndex
Richard Dutton is Professor of English at Queen's University, Belfast, and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English (Emeritus) at Ohio State University. His books include, Shakespeare, Court Dramatist (2016) and Ben Jonson, 'Volpone' and the Gunpowder Plot (2008). He is co-editor of the four volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works (with Jean E. Howard, Wiley Blackwell, 2003).