ing with a player, 99; A Winter's Tale founded on his Pandosto, 132 Greene, Thomas, actor at the Red Bull Theatre, 19
Greene, Thomas (alias Shake- speare'), a tenant of New Place, and Shakespeare's legal adviser, 97, 104, 143 Greenwich Palace, Shakespeare and other actors play before Queen Elizabeth at, 26, 44, 51 Greet, hamlet in Gloucestershire, identical with the 'Greece' in the Taming of The Shrew, 80 Grendon, near Oxford, Shakespeare's alleged sojourn there, 19 Griggs, Mr. W., 165
Grimm, Baron, recognition of Shake- speare's greatness by, 197 'Groats-worth of Wit, Greene's pamphlet, 35
Guizot, François, revision of Le Tourneur's translation by, 197
'H., MR. W.,' 74-5; 'W. H.'s' true relations with Thomas Thorpe, 206 Hacket, Marian and Cicely, in the Taming of The Shrew, 78-9 Hal, Prince, 81, 84
Hales, John (of Eton), on the superi- ority of Shakespeare to all other poets, 184
Hall, Elizabeth, the poet's grand- daughter, 96, 140, 146, 150, 151 Hall, Dr. John, the poet's son-in-law, 140, 145, 150 Hall, Mrs. Susanna, the poet's elder daughter, 96, 140, 146, 149-59 Hall, William (1), on the inscription
over the poet's grave, 144, 203 Hall, William (2). See 'H., Mr. W.' Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard, his edition of Shakespeare, 173, 181; his great labours on Shakespeare's biography, 187, 204, 207 Hamlet: Polonius's advice to Laertes borrowed from Lyly's 'Euphues,' 37; allusion to boy-actors, 109-10; date of production, &c., 113-6. For editions see Section xvii. (Biblio- graphy), 163-82 Hanmer, Sir Thomas, 115; his edi- tion of Shakespeare, 176 Harington, Sir Ariosto, 106
Harington, Lucy, her marriage to the third Earl of Bedford, 76
Harness, William, 181
Harrison, John, publisher of 'Lu- crece,' 47
Harsnet, 'Declaration of Popish Im- postures' by, 125
Hart family, the, and the poet's reputed birthplace, 5
Hart, Joan, Shakespeare's sister, 5; his bequest to her, 146; her three sons, 146, 151
Hart, John, 151 Hart, Joseph C., 209
Hathaway, Anne. See Shakespeare, Anne
Hathaway, Catherine, sister of Anne Hathaway, II
Hathaway, Joan, mother of Anne Hathaway, II
Hathaway, Richard, marriage of his daughter Anne (or Agnes) to the poet, 10-12
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 210 Hazlitt, William, and Shakespearean criticism, 187, 205
Hecatommithi,' Cinthio's, Shake- speare's indebtedness to, 8, 32, 121 Heine, studies of Shakespeare's heroines by, 194
Helena in All's Well that Ends Well, 78
Heming, John (actor-friend of Shake- speare), 19, 22, 102, 103, 139; the poet's bequest to, 146; signs dedi- cation of First Folio, 166, 167-8 Henderson, John, actor, 189 Henley-in-Arden, 3
Henrietta Maria, Queen, billeted on Mrs. Hall (the poet's daughter) at Stratford, 150
Henry IV (parts i. and ii.): Justice Shallow, 26; its publication, 80-1; its characters, 81-4. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82
Henry V, The Famous Victories of the groundwork of Henry IV and of Henry V, 80, 86
Henry V French dialogues, 8; date of production, &c., 84-6. For edi- tions see Section xvii. (Bibliogra- phy), 163-82
Henry VI (pt. i.), 34-7. Henry VI (pt. ii.): publication, &c., 36-7
Henry VI (pt. iii.), production, 22, 36; publication, &c., 36-7. For editions see Section xvii. (Biblio- graphy), 163-82
Henry VIII, 85; publication, author- ship, &c., 137-8. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163–
182 Henryson, Robert, 117
Henslowe, Philip, erects the Rose | India, translations and representa- Theatre, 22, 116, 137 'Heptameron of Civil Discources,' Whetstone's, 122
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 193 Herford, Professor C. H., 182 'Hero and Leander,' Marlowe's, quo- tation in As You Like It from, 39 Herringman, H., 174 Hess, J. R., 193
Heyse, Paul, German translation of Shakespeare by, 194
Heywood, Thomas, his poems pirated in the Passionate Pilgrim,' 91, 164, 184
Hill, John, marriage of his widow, Agnes or Anne, to Robert Arden, 4 Holinshed's 'Chronicles,' materials taken by Shakespeare from, 9, 28, 38, 39, 80, 123, 125, 130 Holland, translations of Shakespeare in, 199
Holland, Hugh, 167 Holmes, Nathaniel, 210
Holofernes, quotes Latin phrases from Lily's grammar, 8 Horace, his claim for the immortal- ity of verse, 57 Hotspur, 81
Howard of Effingham, the Lord Admiral, Charles, Lord, his com- pany of actors, 21; its short alli- ance with Shakespeare's company,
Hudson, Rev. H. N., 182
Hughes, Mrs. Margaret, plays female parts in the place of boys, 188 Hugo, François Victor, translation of Shakespeare by, 197 Hugo, Victor, 197-8
Hungary, translations and perform- ances of Shakespeare in, 199 Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain), George Carey, second Lord, his company of players, 22 Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain), Henry Carey, first Lord, his com- pany of players, 22
Hunt, Thomas, master of Stratford Grammar School, 7 Hunter, Rev. Joseph, 187, 204 'Huon of Bordeaux,' hints for the story of Oberon from, 77
tions of Shakespeare in, 200 Ingannati (Gl), its resemblance to Twelfth Night, 107
Ireland, Samuel, on the poaching episode, 16-7
Irishman, the only, in Shakespeare's dramatis persona, 85
Irving, Sir Henry, 191
Italian, the poet's acquaintance with, 8
Italy, Shakespeare's knowledge of, 25-6; translations and perform- ances of Shakespeare in, 198 Itinerary of Shakespeare's company in the provinces between 1593 and 1614, 24-5
JAGGARD, Isaac, 166, 167 Jaggard, William, piratically inserts two of Shakespeare's sonnets in his 'Passionate Pilgrim,' 70, 90, 163; prints the First Folio, 166, 167
James VI of Scotland and I of Eng- land, his appreciation of Shake- speare, 51; his accession to the English throne, 69; his patronage of Shakespeare and his company, 118-20; performances of A Win- ter's Tale and The Tempest before him, 131-2, 133 James, Sir Henry, 173 Jameson, Mrs., 207 Jansen, Cornelius, alleged portrait of Shakespeare by, 159 Few of Malta, Marlowe's, 42 Jew... showne at the Bull, a lost play, 41
John, King, old play on, attributed to the poet, 89
John, King, Shakespeare's play of, 43. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82
Johnson, Dr., his story of Shake- speare, 20; his edition of Shake- speare, 177, 178, 179; his reply to Voltaire, 196
Johnson, Gerard, his monument to the poet in Stratford Church, 146 Johnson, Robert, lyrics set to music by, 134
Jonson, Ben, on Shakespeare's lack of exact scholarship, 9; Shake- speare takes part in the performance of Every Man in his Humour and in Sejanus, 26; on Titus Androni- cus, 40; on the appreciation of Shakespeare shown by Elizabeth and James I, 51; relations with
controversy in France, 197 Lamb, Charles, 136, 190 Lambarde, William, 87 Lambert, Edmund, mortgagee of the Asbies property, 7, 15, 129 Lambert, John, proposal to confer upon him an absolute title to the Asbies property, 15; John Shake- speare's lawsuit against, 97-8 Lane, Nicholas, a creditor of John Shakespeare, 92
Shakespeare, 86-7; share in the | La Harpe and the Shakespearean appendix to Love's Martyr,' 90; quarrel with Marston and Dekker, 109-13; his Poetaster,' III; allu- sions to him in the Return from Parnassus, 112; his scornful criti- cism of Julius Caesar, 113; satiric allusion to A Winter's Tale, 132; his sneering reference to The Tempest in Bartholomew Fair, 134; entertained by Shakespeare at New Place, Stratford, 144; testimony to Shakespeare's character, 147; his tribute to Shakespeare in the First Folio, 167, 172, 183 Jordan, Mrs., 190
Jordan, Thomas, his lines on men playing female parts, 188 Jourdain, Sylvester, 132 Jubilee,' Shakespeare's, 187 Julius Caesar, 107-8; Jonson's hostile criticism, 113. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-
Langbaine, Gerard, 40, 203 Laroche, Benjamin, translation by,
Latin, the poet's acquaintance with, 8-9
'Latten,' use of the word in Shake- speare, 87
Law, the poet's knowledge of, 20 Lawrence, Henry, his seal beneath Shakespeare's autograph, 141 Lear, King, date of composition, &c., 124-6. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82 Leblanc, The Abbé, 196
Keller, A., German translation of Legge, Dr. Thomas, a Latin piece
Shakespeare by, 194
Kemble, Charles, 198 Kemble, John Philip, 189
Kemp, William, comedian, plays at Greenwich Palace, 26; 106,
Kenilworth, Elizabeth's visit to, 10, cf. 76
Ketzcher, N., translation into Russian by, 199
Killigrew, Thomas, and the substitu- tion of women for boys in female parts, 188
King's players, the company of, 22- 25; 118-20
Kirkland, the name of Shakespeare at, I
Kirkman, Francis, publisher, 90 Knight, Charles, 181
Kok, A. S., translation into Dutch by, 199
Körner, J., German translation of Shakespeare by, 194 Kraszewski, Polish translation edited by, 199
Kreyssig, Friedrich A. T., studies of the poet by, 195 Kyd, Thomas, influence of, on Shake- speare, 37, 40, 114
'L., H.,' initials on seal attesting Shakespeare's autograph. See Lawrence, Henry
on Richard III by, 38
Leicester, Earl of, his entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth, 10, 76; his regiment of Warwick- shire youths for service in the Low Countries, 17; his company of players, 20, 21
Leoni, Michele, Italian translation of the poet issued by, 198 Leopold' Shakspere, the, 182 Lessing, defence of Shakespeare by, 193
L'Estrange, Sir Nicholas, 86
Le Tourneur, Pierre, French prose translation of Shakespeare by, 197 Lintot, Bernard, 119
Locrine, Tragedie of, 88, 174 Lodge, Thomas, 35, 37; his 'Scillaes Metamorphosis,' 47;
his 'Rosa- lynde' the foundation of As You Like It, 106
London Prodigall, 89, 174 Lopez, Roderigo, Jewish physician,
Love, treatment of, in sonnets, 55 'Lover' and 'love' synonymous with
'friend' and 'friendship' in Eliza- bethan English, 63, 66 'Lover's Complaint, A,' possibly written by Shakespeare, 71 Love's Labour's Lost: Latin phrases in, 8; publication, &c., 30; influ-
ence of Lyly, 37; performed at Whitehall, 50; examples of the poet's first attempts at sonnetteer- ing, 52; scornful allusion to sonnet- teering, 55. For editions see Sec- tion xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82 Love's Labour's Won, attributed by Meres to Shakespeare, 77. See
All's Well 'Love's Martyr, or Rosalin's Com- plaint,' 91, 166
Lowell, James Russell, 192 Lucian, the Timon of, 126 'Lucrece': publication, &c., 47-8; dedicated to the Earl of Southamp- ton, 48, 63; quarto editions in the poet's lifetime, 163; posthumous editions, 163
Lucy, Sir Thomas, his prosecution of
Shakespeare for poaching, 16, 17; caricatured in Justice Shallow, 17, 85 Luddington, II Ludwig, Otto, 195
Lydgate, 'Troy Book' of, drawn upon for Troilus and Cressida, 117 Lyly, John, 37; his influence on Midsummer Night's Dream, 77 Lyrics in Shakespeare's plays, 105, 131, 134
'M. I.,' 167. See also 'S., I. M.' Macbeth: references to the climate of Inverness, 25; date of composi- tion, &c., 123-4. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82 Macklin, Charles, 189
Macready, William Charles, 190, 198 Madden, Rt. Hon. D. H., on Shake- speare's knowledge of sport, 205 Magellan, 'Voyage to the South Pole' by, 133
Malone, Edmund, on Shakespeare's first employment in the theatre, 21; on the poet's residence, 23; on the date of The Tempest, 134; 186; his writings on the poet, 179, 180, 204 Manningham, John (diarist), a de- scription of Twelfth Night by, 107 Manuscript, circulation of sonnets in, 70
Markham, Gervase, 64
Marlowe, Christopher, 35; his share in the revision of Henry VI, 37; his influence on Shakespeare, 38- 39 Marmontel and the Shakespearean controversy in France, 197 Marshall, Mr. F. A., 182 Marston, John, his share in the
appendix to 'Love's Martyr,' 91; his quarrel with Jonson, 109-13 Martin, one of the English actors who played in Scotland, 25 Martin, Lady, 161, 190, 207 Masks worn by men playing women's parts, 23-4
Massey, Mr. Gerald, on the 'Sonnets,' 207
Massinger, Philip, 135-6; portions of The Two Noble Kinsmen and Henry VIII, assigned to, 137-8 Masuccio, the story of Romeo and Juliet told in his Novellino, 33 Matthew, Sir Toby, 210 McCullough, John Edward, 192 Measure for Measure: date of com- position, &c., 121-3. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82
Memorials in sculpture to the poet,
Meres, Francis, attributes Love's Labour's Won to Shakespeare, 77; testimony to the poet's reputation, 88
Mermaid Tavern, 88
Merry Devill of Edmonton, 90 Merry Wives of Windsor: Latin phrases put into the mouth of Sir Hugh Evans, 8; Sir Thomas Lucy caricatured in Justice Shallow, 17; lines from Marlowe sung by Sir Hugh Evans, 39; production, &c., 84-5. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82
Metre of Shakespeare's plays a rough guide to the chronology, 29-30; of Shakespeare's poems, 47-8; of Shakespeare's sonnets, 54 Mézières, Alfred, 198
Michel, Francisque, translation by, 197 Middle Temple Hall, performance of Twelfth Night at, 107
Middleton, Thomas, his plagiarisms of Macbeth in The Witch, 124 Midsummer Night's Dream: refer- ences to the pageants at Kenilworth Park, 10,76; reference to Spenser's 'Teares of the Muses,' 49; pro- duction, &c., 76. For editions see
Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-| Oldcastle, Sir John, 81-2, 174
Millington, Thomas, 36
Milton, his epitaph on Shakespeare, 184
Miranda, character of, 133 'Mirror of Martyrs,' 108
Miseries of Enforced Marriage, 126 'Monarcho, Fantastical,' 31
Money, its purchasing power in the sixteenth century, 2, 98 Montagu, Mrs. Elizabeth, 196 Montaigne, Essays' of, 133 Montégut, Emil, translation by, 197 Montemayor, George de, 32 Montgomery, Philip Herbert, Earl of, 167
Monument to Shakespeare in Strat- ford Church, 147, 154 Moseley, Humphrey, publisher, 90, 136
Moth, in Love's Labour's Lost, 31 Moulton, Dr. Richard G., 207 Mucedorus, a play by an unknown author, 45
Much Ado about Nothing: date of composition, &c., 105-6. For edi- tions see Section xvii. (Bibliogra- phy), 163-82
NASH, Anthony, the poet's legacy to, 146
Nash, John, the poet's legacy to, 146 Nash, Thomas (1), marries Elizabeth
Hall, Shakespeare's granddaugh- ter, 150
Nash, Thomas (2), on the perform- ance of Henry VI, 34; on the im- mortalising power of verse, 57; his appeals to Southampton, 64 Navarre, King of, in Love's Labour's Lost, 31
Neil, Samuel, 205 Nekrasow and Gerbel, translation into Russian by, 199 New Place, Stratford, Shakespeare's purchase of, 97; the poet's death at, 144; sold to Sir Edward Walker, 151; pulled down, 151 Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, criticism of the poet by, 185
Newington Butts Theatre, 23 Nottingham, Earl of, his company of players, 116
OBERON, vision of, 10, 77; in 'Huon of Bordeaux,' 77 Oechelhaeuser, W., acting edition of the poet by, 195
Oldys, William, 204 Orlando Furioso, 106
Ortlepp, E., German translation of Shakespeare by, 194
Othello: date of composition, &c.,
121-3. For editions see Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-82
Ovid, influence on Shakespeare of his Metamorphoses,' 8, 47, 128, 133; claims immortality for his verse, 57; the poet's alleged signa- ture on the title-page of a copy of the 'Metamorphoses' in the Bodleian Library, 9
Oxford, the poet's visits to, 19, 140; Hamlet acted at, 114
Oxford, Earl of, his company of actors, 21
'Oxford' edition of Shakespeare, the,
PAINTER, William, his 'Palace of Pleasure,' and Romeo and Juliet, 33, All's Well that Ends Well, 77, Timon of Athens, 126, and Corio- lanus, 128
Palemon and Arcyte, a lost play,
Palamon and Arsett, a lost play, 137
Palmer, John, actor, 189
Palladis Tamia,' eulogy on the poet in, 88
Pandosto (afterwards called Dorastus and Fawnia), Shakespeare's in- debtedness to, 132 Parthenophil and Barnes's, 65 'Passionate Pilgrim,' 90, 163; printed with Shakespeare's poems, 163 Patrons of companies of players, 21 Pavier, Thomas, printer, 83 'Pecorone, Il,' by Ser Giovanni
Fiorentino, Shakespeare's indebt- edness to, 8, 41, 84
Peele, George, 35; his share in the original draft of Henry VI, 37 Pembroke, Henry, second Earl of, his company of players, perform Henry VI (part iii.), 22, 36; and Titus Andronicus, 40
Pembroke, William, third Earl of, the question of the identification of 'Mr. W. H.' with, 74, 206; dedication of the First Folio to, 167; the iden- tification of the 'dark lady' with his mistress, Mary Fitton, 206 Penrith, Shakespeares at, I Pepys, his criticisms of The Tempest
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