Act Division in Elizabethan Plays, 1583-1616

act division act headings actors acts and scenes Actus added Admiral's Admiral's men Alarum annotated appears author's hand author's manuscript author's original bad Quarto centered directions Chambers points Chambers thinks characteristic Children of Paul's Chorus claims clear clearly connection with performance Cornets dates the play Dekker divided into acts divided plays dramatists edition Edward Allde Eliz Elizabethan Enter Flourish Folio Folio Divided Folio text Fully Divided Greg thinks Henslowe Henslowe's Heywood indication Jonson King King's King's company King's men later lines little evidence long and descriptive marginal directions Marlowe Marston mentioned Middleton Musicke notations obviously occurs play was printed playhouse preface prefixed preparation for performance printed from copy printer probably prompt-book prompter's public theater Queen Anne's men Queen's men reconstructed revision scene division script seems Shakespeare Sound stage adapter stage directions Strange's suggests Tamburlaine Thomas Creede title-page traces Tragedy transcript Trumpets undivided Valentine Simmes W. W. Greg written