Acknowledgements;
Introduction: 1593, The Theatre, Shakespeare, St. Helens, English and You;
Part I. 1576, London, The Theatre and hunting for China;
1 1576, a starting point;
2 James Burbage plans his theatre - The Theatre;
3 Kick-starting the British Empire;
Part II. The Theatre 1576-1598;
4 Mr. Burbage builds The Theatre;
5 Trouble at The Theatre;
6 The early years of The Theatre 1576-86;
7 The 1594 changes at The Theatre & Shakespeare's new focus;
Part III. The parish of St. Helens, Bishopsgate Street;
8 William Shakespeare and the parish of St. Helens;
9 Searching for Shakespeare's lodgings in St. Helens;
10 What attracted Shakespeare to St. Helens?;
Part IV. Life, death and religion in St. Helens;
11 St. Helens church - the anchor of the parish;
12 A walk around the interior of St. Helens church;
13 Dreaming of English exploration, trade, wealth, colonisation and empire;
Part V. Shakespeare's neighbours in St. Helens;
14 The radical doctors of St. Helens;
15 Dr. Peter Turner visits a patient at the Sign of The Horse Head Inn;
16 Lawyers, musicians, an antiquary and more;
17 St. Helens as a micro-cosmos - a theatre of London;
Part VI. Bewitchment in London;
18 Witchcraft in Thames Street;
19 Mary Glover is bewitched in All Hallows-the-Less, Thames Street;
20 An exorcism in Shoreditch;
Part VII. Coda - the advancement of English;
21 Honey or cane sugar?;
Appendix. Detailed Documentation: Where did Shakespeare live in St. Helens and who might have been his landlord?;
1 Introduction;
2 What accommodation in St. Helens would have appealed to Shakespeare?;
3 Identifying the location of Shakespeare's residence(s);
4 When did Shakespeare leave St. Helens?;
5 Who was John Pryn, Pryne, Prynne, Pryme, Prymme?;
6 Who was John Hatton?;
7 Three scrivenersand more? Who were Thomas Wrightson, John Harvey and Israel Jorden, Jordan, Jordaine, Jordayne, Jurden?;
8 Who were John, Antonia and Katherine Jeffrey - immigrant embroiderers?;
9 Some other residents of St. Helens in the 1580s/90s;
Bibliography;
Index.

Living with Shakespeare

Saint Helen's Parish, London, 1593-1598