Barbara Palmer, in "Shakespeare Quarterly",
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/shakespeare_quarterly/v056/56.3palmer.html
cites the following references to performing circuits of players,
probably also of relevance to touring waits:
S MacLean, "Tour Routes: 'Provincial Wanderings' or Traditional
Circuits?" Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England 6 (1993): 1-14.
S MacLean, "Records of Early English Drama and the Travelling Player,"
Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama 26 (1983): 65-71.