ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS
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Abergavenny, Lord
See Neville, Edward; Neville, Henry.
Aboyne, Lord
See Gordon, Adam.
Acton, Francis
(fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 343 [full citation]
]
Adams(of Bury)
(fl. 1572) Actor (= John Adams?). [Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 166 (1980) [full citation]
]
Adams, John
(fl. 1576-1588). Actor (Sussex's 1576; Queen's 1583-88). [ES ii, 296 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 1 [full citation]
]
Adkinson, Will
(b.circa1590; fl. 1625). Actor (King's, circa1625). [JCS ii, 343 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 2 [full citation]
]
Admiral
See Clinton, Edward; Howard, Charles.
Adson, John
(circa1585-1640). Musician, actor (King's, 1634), playwright(?). (Brother-in-law of Richard Balls) [JCS ii,343; iii, 1 [full citation]
; Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation]
; Cutts, 'Jacobean Masque and Stage Music', 190 (1954) [full citation]
; Sabol, 'New Documents',18, 26 (1966) [full citation]
; Grove i, 114 (1980) [full citation]
; Eccles, 'Actors I', 38 (1991) [full citation]
]
Ainsworth, William (Aynsworth)
(circa1607-71). Playwright(?). [JCS iii, 2 [full citation]
; RLDE 2/10: 15 (1990) [full citation]
]
Alabaster, William
(1568-1640). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 207 [full citation]
; Guiney, Recusant Poets, 335 (1939) [full citation]
; Story and Gardner, William Alabaster, xi-xliii (1959) [full citation]
; Binns, 'Alabaster's Birth' (1980) [full citation]
; Eccles, Authors, 4 (1982) [full citation]
; RLDE 2/4: 7 (1987) [full citation]
; DLB 132: 3 (1993) [full citation]
; Sutton, William Alabaster (1997) [full citation]
]
Albone, Thomas
(d.circa 1618). Sharer in Red Bull playhouse. [Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation]
]
Alexander, William, 1st Earl of Stirling
(circa1568-1640). Playwright. [ES iii, 208 [full citation]
; McGrail, Sir William Alexander (1940) [full citation]
; Peerage xii.1, 277 (1953) [full citation]
; DLB 121: 3 (1992) [full citation]
]
Allen, Edward.
See Alleyn, Edward.
Allen, Giles
(d.1608; fl. 1556-1608). Owner of site of the Theatre. [Wills, 229 (1993) [full citation]
]
Allen, Jeremy
(b.1607; fl. 1640). Actor (Coventry). [Nungezer, 2 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 344 [full citation]
]
Allen, John (I).
See Alleyn, John.
Allen, John (II)
(1570-1597<). Actor. [Nungezer, 2 [full citation]
]
Allen, Richard (I)
(d.1601; fl. 1583-1601) (Alleyn). Actor. (Husband of Agnes Allen Marbeck) [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]
; Nungezer, 13 [full citation]
; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 51 (1931) [full citation]
; Eccles, 'Actors III', 298 (1992) [full citation]
; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993) [full citation]
]
Allen, Richard (II)
(fl. 1609-13) (Alleyn). Actor (Children of Queen's Revels 1609, Lady Elizabeth's 1613). [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]
; Nungezer, 3; JCS ii, 344 [full citation]
]
Allen, William
(d.1647; fl. 1625-47). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-36; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1637-47). [Nungezer, 3 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 344 [full citation]
; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation]
]
Alley, William, Bishop of Exeter
(circa1510-1570). Patron (Lord Bishop's 1560-61), playwright(?) (1565). [ES iii, 209 [full citation]
; REED Devon, 466 (1986) [full citation]
]
Alleyn, Edward
(1566-1626) (Allen). Actor (Worcester's 1583, Admiral's/Prince Henry's 1589-1606), entrepreneur. (Brother of John Alleyn; step son-in-law of Philip Henslowe) [ES ii, 296 [full citation]
; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 51 (1931) [full citation]
; JCS ii, 346 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 4 [full citation]
; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 160 (1968) [full citation]
; Ingram, 'Globe Playhouse', 67 (1984) [full citation]
; Cerasano, 'Edward Alleyn's Early Years' (1987) [full citation]
; Eccles, 'Edward Alleyn' (1990) [full citation]
; McMillin, 'Sussex's Men' (1991) [full citation]
; Wills, 150 (1993) [full citation]
; Cerasano, 'Tamburlaine' (1994) [full citation]
]
Alleyn, John
(circa1557-1596). Actor(?) (Admiral's 1590). (Brother of Edward Alleyn) [ES ii, 298 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 11 [full citation]
; Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation]
; Wills, 228 (1993) [full citation]
]
Alleyn, Richard.
See Allen, Richard (I); Allen, Richard (II).
Allingham, John.
See Allington, John.
Allington, John
(fl. 1637) (Allington?). Employed by King's. [Nungezer, 13 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 349 [full citation]
]
Alvey, Henry
(fl. 1571-79) (Alney). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1579-80). [Boas, University Drama, 394, 396 (1914) [full citation]
]
Amerie, Robert
(fl.1610). Deviser of show of Chester's Triumph (1610) [ES iii, 210 [full citation]
]
Andrewes, Richard
(fl. 1583). Actor (Worcester's 1583). [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 14 [full citation]
]
Androwes, George
(fl. 1608). Sharer (Whitefriars). [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 14 [full citation]
]
Anne, Queen of England
(1574-1619). Patron (Queen Anne's 1603-19). (Wife of King James I; mother of King Charles I, Lady Elizabeth, and Prince Henry Frederick) [ES ii, 220 [full citation]
; Gurr, Playing Companies, 321 (1996) [full citation]
; Barroll, 'Arts at the English Court of Anna of Denmark' (1998) [full citation]
]
Anthony, John
(fl. 1597-1600). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914) [full citation]
]
Anton, Robert
(fl. 1609-16). Playwright. [Lloyd, 'Valiant Welshman' (1952) [full citation]
]
Apileutter, Christopher
(fl. 1615). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 14 [full citation]
]
Apperley, John
(fl. 1613-20) (Atterley). Musician in Southwark. [Nungezer, 14 [full citation]
; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]
; JCS ii, 349 [full citation]
]
Aprothorough, David.
See Prothro, David.
Archer, Richard
(fl. 1603). Actor (at Hastings). [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 15 [full citation]
]
Archer, Robert
(fl. 1608-1616) (Arzschar, Ertzer, Hartsius). Actor (Germany, Netherlands). [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 21 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 350 [full citation]
; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 312 (1949) [full citation]
; Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 28 (1955) [full citation]
; Riewald, 'New Light', 80 (1960) [full citation]
; Limon, 'New Evidence' (1981) [full citation]
]
Argall, John
(fl. 1562-83). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914) [full citation]
]
Arkinstall, John
(fl. 1603). Actor. [ES ii, 299 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 15 [full citation]
]
Armestead, Edward.
See Armiger, Edward.
Armiger, Edward
(circa1612-1640?). Actor (Red Bull 1629-34(?)). [Nungezer, 15 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 350 [full citation]
]
Armin, Robert
(circa1568-1614). Actor, playwright. [ES ii, 299; iii, 210 [full citation]
; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 93 (1926) [full citation]
; Gray, 'Robert Armine' (1928) [full citation]
; Murray, 'A Fellow of Shakespeare' (1928) [full citation]
; Nungezer, 15 [full citation]
; Lloyd, 'Valiant Welshman' (1952) [full citation]
; Felver, Robert Armin (1963) [full citation]
; Feather, 'Check-List' (1971) [full citation]
; Feather, 'Robert Armin' (1972) [full citation]
; Lippincott, 'Bibliographical Problems' (1975) [full citation]
; Lake, 'Canon' (1977) [full citation]
; Liddie, Two Maids, 1-12 (1979) [full citation]
; Belfield, 'Robert Armin' (1980) [full citation]
; Belfield, 'Abel Drugger' (1981) [full citation]
; Wiles, Shakespeare's Clown, (1987), 136ff. [full citation]
; Wills, 96 (1993) [full citation]
; Sutcliffe, 'Robert Armin' (1994) [full citation]
; Sutcliffe, 'Kempe and Armin' (1996) [full citation]
; Sutcliffe, 'Canon' (1996) [full citation]
]
Arundel, Earl of.
See Fitzalan, Henry; Howard, Philip; Howard, Thomas (IV).
Ashborne, Edward
(fl. 1610-24). Actor (King's 1624). [Nungezer, 22 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 350 [full citation]
]
Ashley, Sir Anthony
(1551-1628). Landlord of Whitefriars playhouse. (Brother-in-law of Francis Langley) [Hillebrand, Child Actors, 229 (1926) [full citation]
; Ingram, London Life, 122ff. (1978) [full citation]
; Hasler, House of Commons i, 354 (1981) [full citation]
; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 213 (1985) [full citation]
]
Ashton
(fl. circa1635). Actor (King's). Possibly Edward Ashborne. [Nungezer, 22 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 351 [full citation]
]
Ashton, Thomas
(circa1540-1578). Playwright (circa1569). (related to Thomas Ashton, bearward?; cf. Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]
) [ES iii, 210 [full citation]
]
Aske, James
(fl.1588). Entertainment describer. [ES iii, 211 [full citation]
; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 114 [full citation]
]
Asken, Aaron
(fl. 1627-40). Actor (Germany). [Nungezer, 22 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 351 [full citation]
]
Astley, Sir John
(1565<-1640; fl. 1603-40). Master of the Revels. [Dutton, 'Case of Sir John Astley' (1990) [full citation]
; Wills, 198 (1993) [full citation]
]
Atchelow, Thomas
(fl. 1589). Playwright(?). Mentioned in Nashe's Menaphon epistle. [ES iii, 211 [full citation]
]
Atkins, John
(fl. 1612-35). Theatrical landlord; possibly two different people. [JCS ii, 351 [full citation]
]
Atkinson, George
(fl. 1563) (Atkynson). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]
; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974) [full citation]
]
Atkinson, Thomas
(1599-1639). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 3 [full citation]
; RLDE 1/4: 17 (1981) [full citation]
]
Atterley, John.
See Apperley, John.
Attewell, George
(d.1598) (Ottewell, Ottwell). Actor (Strange's 1591; at Swan 1595). [ES ii, 300 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 22 [full citation]
; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 571 (1971) [full citation]
; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981) [full citation]
; Eccles, 'Actors I', 39 (1991) [full citation]
; Wills, 228 (1993) [full citation]
]
Attree, John
(circa1570->1623). Part landlord of Red Bull theater in 1618. [Sisson, 'Notes', 25 (1942) [full citation]
]
Attwell, Hugh
(d.1621) (Ottewell). Actor (Queen's Revels 1609; Lady Elizabeth's circa1613; Prince Charles' 1616-21). [ES ii, 301 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 351 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 23 [full citation]
; Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969) [full citation]
; Eccles, 'Actors I', 39 (1991) [full citation]
]
Aubigny, Lord.
See Stuart, Esme.
Audelie, John
(fl. 1596-97). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914) [full citation]
]
Augustine, William
(fl. 1595-7) (Augusten, Agusten, Awgustyne). Actor. [ES ii, 301 [full citation]
; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 97 (1926) [full citation]
; Nungezer, 25 [full citation]
; Ingram, 'William Augustine' (1983) [full citation]
]
Axen, Robert
(fl. 1622-39) (Axall, Axell, Axon). Actor (Queen Henrietta's circa1630-35; Beeston's Boys 1639). [Nungezer, 25 [full citation]
; JCS ii, 353 [full citation]
]
Aynsworth, John
(d.1581). Actor. [ES ii, 301 [full citation]
; Nungezer, 25 [full citation]
]
Aynsworth, William
See Ainsworth, William.