ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS

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'Jack'

(fl. 1624). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's). [JCS ii, 481 [full citation]]

Jackson

(fl. >1634). Actor(?) (possibly mistake for Axen). [Nungezer, 202 [full citation]; JCS ii, 482 [full citation]]

Jackson, Edward

(fl. 1622). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 202 [full citation]; JCS ii, 482 [full citation]]

Jacques, Francis

(fl. 1642). Playwright. [JCS iv, 597 [full citation]]

Jaggard, William

(circa1568-1623). Stationer, co-publisher of Shakespeare First Folio. [Wills, 122 (1993) [full citation]]

Jakes, John

See Jaykes, John.

'James, Richard Jones's boy'

(fl. 1599). Boy actor(?). [Nungezer, 202 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 56 (1931) [full citation]]

James I, King of England

(1566-1625). Patron (King's 1603-25), entertainment writer. (Husband of Queen Anne; father of Prince Henry, Lady Elizabeth, and King Charles I) [ES iii, 351 [full citation]; Shire, Song, Dance, and Poetry (1969) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 114 (1981) [full citation]; Lee, Great Britain's Solomon (1990) [full citation]; DLB 151: 222 (1995) [full citation]; DLB 172: 119 (1996) [full citation]]

Jarman, Anthony

(fl. 1622). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 202 [full citation]; JCS ii, 482 [full citation]]

Jay, Tom

(fl. 1655). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 482 [full citation]]

Jaykes, John

(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974) [full citation]]

Jeffere, John

(Dates unknown). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 351 [full citation]]

Jeffes, Anthony

(1578-1648). Actor (Germany 1592-96; Admiral's-Prince Henry's 1597-1612. (Brother of Humphrey Jeffes) [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 203 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 56 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 482 [full citation]; Schrickx, 'English Actors', 157ff. (1980) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 151 (1982) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Anthony Jeffes' (1984) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 460 (1992) [full citation]]

Jeffes, Humphrey

(1576-1618). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1598-1616). (Brother of Anthony Jeffes) [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; JCS ii, 483 [full citation]; Nungezer, 204 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 56 (1931) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'English Actors', 157ff. (1980) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Anthony Jeffes', 222n12 (1984) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 460 (1992) [full citation]]

Jennynges, Giles

(d.1594). Paul's chorister (1594). [Nungezer, 205 [full citation]; Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978) [full citation]]

Jessop, Edmund

(fl. 1623). Playwright(?) (but probably not). [JCS iv, 599 [full citation]]

Jewby, Edward

See Juby, Edward.

Jewell, John

(fl. 1628). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 483 [full citation]]

Jewell, Simon

(d.1592). Actor (Pembroke's (?) 1592). [Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976) [full citation]; Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 59 (1979/80) [full citation]; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men' (1981) [full citation]; Wills, 58 (1993) [full citation]]

Jobson

(fl. 1607-8). Boy actor. [McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 162 (1968) [full citation]]

Johnson (Young)

(fl. 1623). Playwright. [JCS iv, 602 [full citation]]

Johnson, Henry

(1550-1610). Gatherer at Theatre(?). [Nungezer, 205 [full citation]; Wills, 83 (1993) [full citation]]

Johnson, Laurence

(fl. 1577). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 352 [full citation]]

Johnson, Nathaniel

(circa1618-78). Playwright. [JCS iv, 599 [full citation]; Phelps, 'Nathaniel Johnson' (1979) [full citation]]

Johnson, Richard

(fl. 1634). Actor (King's Revels). [Nungezer, 205 [full citation]; JCS ii, 483; also cf. 618 [full citation]]

Johnson, Robert

(circa1583-1633). Musician, composer for King's Men (1607-17). [Cutts, 'Browne's Inner Temple Masque' (1954) [full citation]; Cutts, 'Jacobean Masque and Stage Music', 193 (1954) [full citation]; Cutts, 'Robert Johnson' (1955) [full citation]; Cutts, 'Robert Johnson and the Court Masque' (1960) [full citation]; Carmel, 'New Light on Robert Johnson' (1965) [full citation]; Sunderman, Robert Johnson (1972) [full citation]; Spink, English Song, 54-5 (1974) [full citation]; Holman, 'New Sources' (1978) [full citation]; Grove ix, 681 (1980) [full citation]]

Johnson, Thomas

(fl. 1574). Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 206 [full citation]]

Johnson, William (I)

(fl. 1572-93). Actor (Leicester's 1572; Queen's 1583-88). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Bentley, 'St. Giles Cripplegate', 810 (1929) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976) [full citation]; Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 63 (1979) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 460 (1991) [full citation]]

Johnson, William (II)

(fl. 1640). Actor (at Coventry). [Nungezer, 206 [full citation]; JCS ii, 483 [full citation]]

Johnson, William (III)

(circa1610-67). Latin playwright. [JCS iv, 600 [full citation]; RLDE 2/17: 11 (1991) [full citation]]

Jolly, George

(1620?-circa1673). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1640; Germany 1648-60; Restoration). [Hotson, CRS, 167ff. (1928) [full citation]; JCS ii, 483 [full citation]; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 318-20 (1949) [full citation]; Hoppe, 'George Jolly' (1954) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 88-91 (1960) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 28 (1965) [full citation]; Ludvik, 'Chronologie und Topographie', 61 (1975) [full citation]; Limon, 'New Evidence' (1981) [full citation]]

Jones, Anne

(fl. 1629). Tumbler/puppet showman. (Wife of John Jones (II)) [REED Heref./Worc, 394 (1990) [full citation]]

Jones, Bartholomew

(fl. 1633). Actor (in Banbury). [Nungezer, 207 [full citation]; JCS ii, 484 [full citation]]

Jones, Edward

(d.1647). Caretaker at Blackfriars(?). [JCS ii, 485 [full citation]]

Jones, Inigo

(1573-1652). Architect, designer of masques. [Taylor, 'Masque and the Lance', 31 (1958) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments' (1968) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Perspective Scenery' (1973) [full citation]; Orgel and Strong, Inigo Jones (1973) [full citation]; Pinhorn, 'Inigo Jones' (1975) [full citation]; Grove ix, 700 (1980) [full citation]; Orrell, Inigo Jones and John Webb (1985) [full citation]; Elliott, 'Plays at Christ Church' (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 204 (1993) [full citation]]

Jones, Jack

See Jones, John.

Jones, Jacques

(d.1628). May be same as Jack and/or John Jones. [Wills, 161 (1993) [full citation]]

Jones, James

(fl. 1613-24). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1613; Children of Queen's Revels 1624). [Nungezer, 207 [full citation]; JCS ii, 485 [full citation]; REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]; Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985) [full citation]]

Jones, John (I)

(fl. 1602-1615). Actor (Admiral's 1602). [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 101 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 207 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 57 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 485 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Globe Playhouse', 71 (1984) [full citation]]

Jones, John (II)

(fl. 1625-29). Tumbler/puppet showman. [JCS ii, 485 [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 394 (1990) [full citation]]

Jones, John (III)

(fl. 1635). Playwright. [JCS iv, 602 [full citation]]

Jones, Oliver

(fl. 1626-28). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628). [JCS ii, 486 [full citation]]

Jones, Richard (I)

(circa1560-1624<). Actor (Worcester's 1583; Admiral's 1589-96 (in Germany 1592-93); Pembroke's 1597; Admiral's 1597-1602; Germany 1602-24), Revels patentee (1610). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 207 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 57 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 486 [full citation]; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949) [full citation]; Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 36 (1959) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 75, 90 (1960) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'English Actors' (1980) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 140-44 (1983) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 154 (1993) [full citation]]

Jones, Richard (II)

(fl. 1630-38). Actor (at Worcester 1630; at Coventry 1638) (probably different from the above Richard Jones, but possibly not). [JCS ii, 486 [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 394 (1990) [full citation]]

Jones, Robert

(fl. 1597-1615). Actor, patentee. [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 209 [full citation]; Grove ix, 703 (1980) [full citation]]

Jones, William

(fl. 1619). Puppet showman. [Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 327 (1984) [full citation]]

Jonns, Daniel

(fl. 1586). Boy actor (Denmark). [ES ii, 325 [full citation]; Nungezer, 210 [full citation]; Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 121 (1969) [full citation]]

Jonson, Benjamin

(circa1572-1637). Playwright, masque writer, entertainment writer, actor (Pembroke's 1597). [ES iii, 352 [full citation]; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson (1925-52) [full citation]; Nungezer, 210 [full citation]; Stroud, 'Father Thomas Wright' (1947) [full citation]; Shapiro, 'Mermaid Club' (1950) [full citation]; Simpson, 'Mermaid Club' (1951) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Ben Jonson of Gresham College' (1951) [full citation]; Johnston, 'Ben Jonson of Gresham College' (1951) [full citation]; Bachrach, 'Sir Constantyn Huygens and Ben Jonson' (1951) [full citation]; Feldman, 'Playwrights and Pike-Trailers' (1953) [full citation]; Simpson, 'Westminster Schoolboy' (1953) [full citation]; JCS iv, 603 [full citation]; Bambrough, 'Early Life of Ben Jonson' (1960) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments' (1968) [full citation]; Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 1 (1971) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men', 133-36 (1974) [full citation]; Grove ix, 707 (1980) [full citation]; Phelps, 'Ben Jonson's Death' (1980) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 77 (1982) [full citation]; Miles, Ben Jonson (1986) [full citation]; DLB 62: 136 (1987) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Ben Jonson' (1988) [full citation]; Riggs, Ben Jonson (1989) [full citation]; DLB 121: 186 (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 234 (1993) [full citation]]

Jonson, Ben, Jr.

Invented playwright. [JCS iv, 678 [full citation]]

Jordan, Thomas

(circa1620-85?) (Jordain). Actor (King's Revels 1634; Ireland 1637-8), playwright. [Nungezer, 212 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 155 (1942) [full citation]; Gourlay, 'Wasp' (1943) [full citation]; JCS ii, 487; iv, 678 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]

Joye, John

(fl. 1599). Royal entry contributor. [McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 143 (1981) [full citation]]

Juby, Edward

(d.1618) (Jeube, Jewbe, Jewbey, Jewby, Jewebey, Jube, Jubey, Jubie, Jubye). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1594-1618), sharer. [ES ii, 325 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 213 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 58 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 490 [full citation]; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 461 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 113 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 89 (1998) [full citation]]

Juby, Frances Griffith

(fl. 1597-1622). Sharer (new Fortune); wife of Edward. [JCS ii, 490 [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 89 (1998) [full citation]]

Juby, Richard

(fl. 1600-02). Boy actor (Admiral's 1600-02). [ES ii, 325 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 215 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 53 (1931) [full citation]]

Juby, William

(fl. 1599-1602). Actor(?). [ES ii, 325 [full citation]; Nungezer, 215 [full citation]]