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"A SABUN for!
Actor, the first with an assumed name, 262.
Shakespeare as an, 235; also 30, 35, 114, 123, 125, 137, 161, 173, 194, 235, 239, 413, 481.
Actors, 173; conflicts of, with the Lord Mayor and authorities, 222; rise of professional, ib.; Shake- speare's fellow actors upon the stage, 246, et sq.; and super- numeraries, 223. See also Stage, Theatres, Players, etc. Addenbrooke and Horneby, Shake- speare's suit against, 184. Admiral's, Lord, Players, 223. also Players, etc. Alleyn, Edward, 58, 173, 183, 225; as an actor, 249; his company of players, 145, 247.
Mrs., her letter brought to light by Collier a forgery, 247. "All's Well that Ends Well," 336; Klein on, 304.
Ambition, Shakespeare's, 428. Amusements in London in Shake- speare's time, 128. See also Theatre, etc.
Ancestors, Shakespeare's, 9, 11.
See also under Shakespeare. Anderson, Hugh, on “Venus and Adonis," 313.
Angler, Shakespeare an, 395. "Antony and Cleopatra," 354; also 127, and in the foot-notes.
"Antwerp, The Siege of." See" A Larum for London."
Apollo tavern, 148.
Apothecaries' Hall, 212.
Apothecary, Shakespeare an, 84. "Arden of Feversham," 363. Arden family, the, 11, 188; the Earl of Leicester and, 111.
Mary, Shakespeare's mother, 11, 13, 41.
Robert, 11, 187; his will, 11. Aristocratic bias, Shakespeare's al- leged, 186.
Arms, coat of, Shakespeare's, 11, 13, 185, 427.
Arts, the fine, Shakespeare's know- ledge of, 411, et. sq.
Asbies, or Ashbies, estate, 91, 180; mortgaged to Edmund Lambert, 68; suit in Chancery concerning it, 69. See also Lambert. "As You Like It," 335; also 36,
374, 380, 408; Shakespeare as Adam in, 30, 239.
Atheist, Shakespeare not an, 440. See also under Religion, etc. Aubrey, his account of Shakespeare, 5, 23, 147, 237, 496. Autograph, Shakespeare's, 9, 185, 482, 509, 539; that in Florio s "Montaigne," 511. See also Hand- writing, MSS., etc. Avon, the, 99; Garrick's poem on, 47; Yarranton's scheme for making it navigable, 533. See also under Stratford, Warwick shire, etc.
Ayrer, Shakespeare's acquaintance with, in Germany, 125.
Bacon, Delia, and her theory of Lord Bacon's authorship of Shake- speare's plays, 270; her wish to be buried in Shakespeare's grave, ib.; her death, 270.
Bacon, Lord, and Shakespeare, 386, 387, 388, 440, 455; the Bacon theory of the authorship of Shake. speare's plays, 270. Bacon, Sir Nathaniel, portrait of Shakespeare attributed to him,
Bale, Bishop, his works, 207, 208. Bankside, theatres at, 213, 228. Barber surgeons, 148. Barbers' shops, 128.
Barksted, Wm., actor, 268. Barnard, Lady, Shakespeare's grand- daughter, 5, 33, 526, 528; her will, 511, 514.
Barnfield, Richard, and "The Pas- sionate Pilgrim," 319. Barnstorff on the "Sonnets," 327. Bartholomew Fair, 128. Bear tavern, Stratford, 495. Beaumont and Fletcher, 111, 138, 259; their works, 258, 263; and the "Two Noble Kinsmen," 300. Becker, Dr., and Ludwig Becker, and the Kesselstadt cast of Shake- speare's head, 552.
Beds, bequests of, and that of Shake- speare's "second best" to his wife, 512, 513.
Beeston, Christopher, actor, 268. Bellew, Rev. J. C. M., his account
of New Place, 484, 501, 535, 540; his account of Shakespeare's death, 504.
Benfield, Robert, actor, 240, 263. Betterton, and Shakespeare, 5, 104,
123, 511; portrait of Shakespeare attributed to him, 562. Bible, The, Shakespeare's knowledge of, 42, 385, 439. See also Re- ligion, etc. Bibliography of Shakespeare, 537; of the quartos and folios, 277, et 8q. See also under Works,
Quartos, Folios, etc., and the foot- notes on every page. Bidford, "Drunken," and its Shake- speare legend, 98. Birch, J. W., on Shakespeare's Re- ligion, 440.
Birth-date of Shakespeare, 29, 31: should be May 3 now, in conse- quence of the prevalence of the Gregorian calendar, 33. See also under Shakespeare, birth. Birth-dates in family Bibles, 32. Birth-place, the, Stratford, 26; bought for the town, 535. "Birth of Merlin,” 363. Bishopsgate, Shakespeare a resident there, 182.
Black Friars, house of the, etc., 212. Blackfriars, Shakespeare's property there, 240, 511, 539.
Blackfriars Theatre, 212, 217, 222.
et. sq.; also 165, 172, 184, 235, 240, 488.
Blades, Mr. William, his attempt to
show that Shakespeare was a printer, 190.
Blood, circulation of, Shakespeare's knowledge of, 399.
Boaden, James, on Shakespeare's
portraits, etc., 549, 565. Boar's Head, East Cheap, 147, 149. Bodenstedt, Von, on the " Sonnets," 327.
Bodley, Sir T., his library, exclusion
of dramatic poetry from it, 275. Bohemia, Shakespeare and, 407. Bowdler, the Rev. Mr., his work
upon Shakespeare, 440; Bp. Wordsworth's refutation of it, 441. Bowling-alleys, 128. Boys of the Chapel Royal, etc. Se Children.
Brown, C. A., on Shakespeare, 80,
Camden, Wm., and Shakespeare's arms, 188; on Shakespeare's 'forty-eight plays," 297. Campbell, Lord, on "Shakespeare's Legal Acquirements," 87. Capell on the " Sonnets," 34. Carlyle on Shakespeare, 271. Carriers, etc., in London, 117, 168. "Castell of Courtesie," its allusion to "W. S.," 115.
Catholic faith, the, Shakespeare's grandfather and, 13; Shake- speare's supposed preference for it, 449.
Catholicism, in Elizabeth's time, 454. Catholics and Protestants, between
the two Shakespeare took refuge in Humanism, 449, 454, 460. Cervantes, the date of his death, not the date of Shakespeare's death, 505.
Chairs said to have belonged to Shakespeare, 533.
Chalmers, George, on the "Sonnets,"
Chamberlain, the Lord, and the Players, 240; his company of Players, 223, 234, 247. Chancery suit of Shakespeare's father, 69, 180.
Chandos, Lord, his company, 259.
portrait of Shakespeare, 559; also 250, 263.
Chantry, Sir F., on the Shakespeare bust, 551.
Chapel Royal children players, 259, 260. See also Children. Chapman, Geo., 138.
Character and character drawing, the connexion between, 430. Charlecote Park and the Lucys, 99, Charles I., his Queen at New Place,
Chasles, Philarète, on the "Sonnets,"
Chester Plays, the, 200.
Robert, his Love's Martyr,"
Chettle, Henry, and Shakespeare, 138, 237, 343, 424; he the possible original of Falstaff, 151.
Children players, companies of, rise of, 218. See also Chapel Royal, children of, etc.
Christian, Shakespeare as a, 416, 440, 443, 453. See also under Religion, etc.
Church, the, Shakespeare and the, 439, 446. See also under Chris- tian, Catholic, etc.
Cibber's (or Shiel's) "Lives of the Poets," 123.
Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Cowden, their edition of Shakespeare, 508. Classes, distinction of, Shakespeare on, 468.
Classics, Shakespeare and the, 366, See also Latin, Greek, etc. Clergy, the, marriage of, temp. Eliz., 465; Shakespeare on, 464. See also Church, etc. Clifford, John Shakespeare of, 91; Drayton at, 503.
Clopton Bridge, Stratford, 44. Clopton family, the, of Stratford, 44. Sir Hugh, 483, 529.
Sir John, rebuilds New Place, 529.
Clowns, stage, their "jigs," etc., 233; their parts, 253.
Coaches, etc., in Shakespeare's time,
Cockpit (or Phoenix) Theatre, 213. Coleridge, Hartley, on Shakespeare, 186, 428.
Coleridge, S. T., on "The London
"Cromwell, Lord," 360, 363. Cundall, Henry. See Condell. Cunningham, Peter, unreliable docu- ments put forth by him, 6, 194, 243,252; his "Revels' Accounts,"
Curtain Theatre, Shoreditch, 211. "Cymbeline," 355.
Dancing and Music, temp. Eliz., 411. Daniel, P. A., his edit. "Romeus and Juliet," 350. Daniel, Samuel, and Shakespeare, 120, 123, 140, 329, 339, 433; as Master of the Revels, 219. Davenant, John, his will, 170.
Mrs., and Shakespeare, 170. Sir William, and Shakespeare, 5, 195, 220, 546, 562; as Shake- speare's "godson,” 170. Davies, John, and Shakespeare, 237, 327; on actors, 224. Death, Shakespeare's pictures of,
Deer-stealing, Shakespeare's alleged, 80, 92, 99.
Dekker, Thos, 138; his "Satiro- Mastix," 159.
Constable's "Venus and Adonis," Delius, Prof., his view of the "Son-
Cooke, Dr. James, and the Shake-
speare family papers, etc., 520, 521. "Coriolanus," 347.
Corney, Bolton, on "the Assumed Birthday of Shakespeare," 32. Corpus Christi Plays, 200. Costume, stage, Inigo Jones' designs for, 143.
Court robes at the theatre, 227. Coventry Plays, 201, 204; the
Corpus Christi plays perhaps witnessed by Shakespeare, 51, 53. Cowley, Richard, actor, 256. "Cradle of Security, The," an old play, 61.
Crabtree, Shakespeare's, at Bidford,
nets," 428; on "Timon of Athens,"
Dennis, John, on Shakespeare, 366;
on the "Merry Wives," 331. De Quincey on Shakespeare, 80, 271. Derby's, Lord, company of actors,
Donne, Dr., his supposed epitaph on Shakespeare, 508. Don Quixote, did Shakespeare read it? 384, 474. See also Cervantes. Dorset, Earl of, his company of players, 223.
"Double Falsehood, The," 363. Doubtful and spurious plays, 359; Tieck on, 299. See also under Henry VI.,"" Titus
"Pericles,' 99.66 Andronicus," ""Two Noble Kins- men," etc.
Dowdall, on Shakespeare's grave, etc., 508.
Dowland, John, 140, 144, 412. Dowden, Prof. C., on the "Sonnets,"
Drake, on the plays of Shakespeare's youth, 64; on "Troilus and Cressida," 347.
Drake, Sir F., 132.
Drama, English, rise and develop- ment of, 198; Puritan objections to, 214; of the Restoration, 4; Rümelin on, 198. See also Theatre, etc.
Dramatists, before Shakespeare, 210; portraits of those of Shakespeare's days, 560; their plays curtailed in acting, 233; payment for their plays, 227; their religion, 454; their works excluded from the Bodleian Library, 275. See also under their several names, and under Drama, etc. Drayton, Michael, and Shakespeare, 120, 140, 508, 515; and the Sonnets," 327; his visits to Shakespeare at Stratford, 503. Drinking, in Shakespeare's time, 146. Droeshout, Martin, and his portrait of Shakespeare, 557; also 234, 238, 250.
Drummond of Hawthornden, and Ben Jonson, 154. Dryden, John, on Shakespeare and Fletcher, 432.
Duke, John, actor, 268. Dutch, German, and English drink- ing, 147.
Dyce, Rev. Alexr. on Shakespeare,
Earrings, Shakespeare's (?), 564; men's earrings in Shakespeare's time, 564.
East India Company, 132. Ecclestone, Wm., actor, 262. Editions, early, of Shakespeare's works. See under their names; also under Quarto, Folio, etc.; corrupt and pirated copies of the plays, 344, 356.
Editors and Commentators.
under their names, and for addi- tional references see the foot-notes throughout.
"Edward III.," 363. Egerton, Sir Thomas, 245. Egerton papers, the doubtful, 245. Elizabeth, Queen, and Shakespeare, 127, 132, 331, 425; his perform- ances before her, 191, 217, 235, 245; the Queen and "Richard II." 243; and the " Sonnets," 327; knowledge of languages in her time, 376; London in her time, 127; Protestants and Catholics in her reign, 454; the story of Shakespeare and the Queen's glove, 191; her visit to Harefield, 245; her visit to Warwick, 168; Shake- speare's views on her death, 190. Ellesmere, Lord, 247. See also Egerton, Sir Thos.
England, Shakespeare's "joyous pride of," 473.
England, Merry," the Puritans the grave-diggers of, 412, 461. English, Shakespeare's, 56. Engravings of portraits of Shake- speare, 551, 562, 567.
Epitaphs, ascribed to Shakespeare, 495; on Shakespeare's tomb, etc.,
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