ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS


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Sackville, Anne (I)

See Herbert, Anne Clifford Sackville.

Sackville, Anne (II)

Spencer Stanley Compton (d.1618). Sister of Alice Spencer Stanley Egerton and Elizabeth Spencer Carey Eure; wife of Henry Compton and William Stanley (I); daughter-in-law of Thomas Sackville (I); stepmother of Edward Sackville and Richard Sackville (I). [Peerage ix, 116 (1936) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 635 (1981) [full citation]]

Sackville, Edward, 4th (7th) Earl of Dorset

(circa1590-1652). Royal entertainment writer(?). (Brother of Richard Sackville (I); stepson of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton Sackville; father of Richard Sackville (II); grandson of Thomas Sackville (I)) [Peerage iv, 424 (1916) [full citation]; JCS ii, 423; v, 1037 [full citation]]

Sackville, Richard (I), 3rd (6th) Earl of Dorset

(1589-1624). Patron (Dorset's 1610-11). (Brother of Edward Sackville; stepson of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton Sackville; husband of Anne Clifford Sackville Herbert; uncle of Richard Sackville (II); posthumous son-in-law of George Clifford; grandson of Thomas Sackville (I)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 41 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage iv, 424 (1916) [full citation]]

Sackville, Richard (II), Lord Buckhurst, 5th (8th) Earl of Dorset

(1622-77). Translator. (Son of Edward Sackville; nephew of Richard Sackville (I)) [Peerage iv, 425 (1916) [full citation]; JCS v, 1037 [full citation]]

Sackville, Thomas (I), Baron of Buckhurst, 1st (4th) Earl of Dorset

(1536-1609). Playwright. (Father-in-law of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton Sackville; grandfather of Edward Sackville and Richard Sackville (I)) [Peerage iv, 422 (1916) [full citation]; ES iii, 476 [full citation]; Hearsey, Complaint of Henry (1936) [full citation]; Swart, Thomas Sackville (1948) [full citation]; Bacquet, Thomas Sackville (1966) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 109 (1971) [full citation]; Berlin, Thomas Sackville (1974) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 316 (1981) [full citation]; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 215-16 (1985) [full citation]; DLB 62: 261 (1987) [full citation]; DLB 132: 256 (1993) [full citation]]

Sackville, Thomas (II)

(d.1628). Actor (Germany 1592-3, 1597-1602). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 308 [full citation]; JCS ii, 559 [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 149-50 (1982) [full citation]; Wills, 236 (1992) [full citation]]

Sadler, John

(1615-74). Playwright(?). [JCS v, 1037 [full citation]]

Sadler, Sir Rafe

(1507-87). Patron (1564). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 94 (1910) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 263 (1931) [full citation]; Robertson, 'Early Life of George Chapman' (1945) [full citation]; Slavin, Politics and Profit (1966) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 318 (1981) [full citation]]

Saintly, Peter

See Seyntley, Peter.

Salterne, George

(fl. 1603). Playwright. [ES, iii, 476 [full citation]]

Salusbury, Sir Thomas

(circa1605-43). Masque writer. [JCS v, 1039 [full citation]]

'Sam'

(>1591). Actor (Admiral's) [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 309, 310 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 48 (1931) [full citation]]

Sampson, William

(circa1600-<56). Playwright. [JCS v, 1042 [full citation]; Ayres, 'Sampson's The Vow Breaker' (1973) [full citation]]

Samwell, Richard

(<1578-circa1601). Entrepreneur; built Boar's Head theater. [Ingram, London Life, 235-47 (1978) [full citation]; Berry, Boar's Head, 31-46 (1986) [full citation]]

Sanders, William

(fl. 1624-41) (Saunders). Musician for King's Men. [Nungezer, 310 [full citation]; JCS ii, 559 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 101 (1966) [full citation]]

Sanderson, Georg

(fl. 1640). Actor (at Coventry) (possibly the same as Gregory Sanderson). [Nungezer, 310 [full citation]; JCS ii, 559 [full citation]]

Sanderson, Gregory

(fl. 1617-19). Actor (Queen Anne's 1617-19). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 310 [full citation]; JCS ii, 559 [full citation]]

Sands, Cicely

See Robbins, Cicely Sands Browne.

Sands, Henry

(fl. 1624) (Sandes). Puppet showman. [Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 26 (1980) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 327 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 319 (1986) [full citation]]

Sands, James

(fl. 1605-1617?). Actor (King's 1605-8). (Brother(?) of Cicely Sands Browne Robbins; brother-in-law(?) of Robert Browne (II), William Robbins, and Christopher Beeston; uncle of Robert Browne (IV)) [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 310 [full citation]; JCS ii, 559 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 165 (1993) [full citation]]

Sands, John

(fl. 1623-30). Puppet showman. [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 206 (1910) [full citation]; Bettey, 'Puppet-players at Beaminster' (1974) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation]]

Sands, Thomas

(fl. 1634-5). Actor (King's Revels?). [Nungezer, 311 [full citation]; JCS ii, 560 [full citation]; Brown, Lady Mother, xiii (1959) [full citation]]

Sands, William (I) (the elder)

(fl. 1623-30). Puppet showman. [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 206 (1910) [full citation]; Bettey, 'Puppet-players at Beaminster' (1974) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation]]

Sands, William (II) (the younger)

(fl. 1630). Puppet showman. [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 206 (1910) [full citation]; Bettey, 'Puppet-players at Beaminster' (1974) [full citation]]

Sandt, Bernhardt

(fl. 1600-1). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 311 [full citation]]

Sandys, George

(1577-1644). Poet, translator. [JCS v, 1047 [full citation]; Davis, George Sandys (1955) [full citation]]

Sandys, William, 3rd Lord Sandys

(>1555-1623). Patron (1592-1602). (Son-in-law of Edmund Brydges; brother-in-law of Giles and William Brydges; uncle of Grey Brydges) [Peerage xi, 445 (1949) [full citation]; REED Devon, 513 (1986) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 54-7 (1996) [full citation]]

Sansbury, John

(1576-1610). Latin playwright. [Harbage, 'The Christmas Prince' (1935) [full citation]]

Sanss, Everhardt

See Sauss, Everhardt.

Saunder

(fl. 1590). Boy actor (Strange's). (= Alexander Cooke?) [Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 49 (1931) [full citation]]

Saunders, William

See Sanders, William.

Sauss, Everhart

(fl. 1592). Actor (Netherlands). (name may read "Sanss") [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 311 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 71n24 (1960) [full citation]]

Savage, Jerome

(d.1587; fl. 1575-82). Actor (Warwick's 1575-79), builder of Newington Butts playhouse. [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 311 [full citation]; Ingram, Business, 150-81 (1992) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 165 (1993) [full citation]]

Savage, Raphe

(fl. 1624). Manager(?) at Red Bull. [Nungezer, 312 [full citation]; JCS ii, 560 [full citation]]

Savage, Thomas

(circa1552-1611). Sharer (Globe). [Hotson, Shakespeare's Sonnets Dated, 125ff. (1949) [full citation]; Honigmann, Shakespeare, 84ff. (1985) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 458 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 85 (1993) [full citation]]

Savery, Abraham

(fl. 1604-25). Actor (Lennox's 1604-5). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 312 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 166 (1993) [full citation]]

Savile, John

(fl. 1603). Describer of royal entry. [ES iii, 476 [full citation]]

Savill, Arthur

(1617-1639<). Actor (Prince Charles (II) 1631). [Nungezer, 312 [full citation]; JCS ii, 560 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Arthur Savill' (1983) [full citation]]

Scarlett, George

(fl. 1605). Actor. [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 312 [full citation]]

Scarlett, Richard

(d.1609). Actor (1607). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 313 [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 154 (1993) [full citation]]

Schadleutner, Sebastian

(fl. 1623). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 313 [full citation]; JCS ii, 561 [full citation]]

Schottnell, Edward

See Shatterell, Edward.

Scrope, Henry, 9th Lord Scrope

(circa1534-92). Patron (Lord Scrope's 1557-65). (Brother-in-law of Thomas Howard (I); uncle of Philip Howard and Thomas Howard (II); cousin of George Clifford; brother-in-law of Sir John Constable) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 94 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xi, 548 (1949) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 453 (1986) [full citation]]

Seabrooke, Thomas

(b.1590; fl. 1613-39). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1628). [Nungezer, 313 [full citation]; JCS ii, 561 [full citation]]

Sebeck, Henry

(fl. 1617). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1617). [ES ii, 338 [full citation]; Nungezer, 313 [full citation]; JCS ii, 561 [full citation]]

Sehais, Jehan

(fl. 1598). Actor (France) (=John Shaa?). [ES ii, 338 [full citation]; Yates, 'English Actors in Paris' (1925) [full citation]; Nungezer, 313 [full citation]]

Selby, Robert

(fl. 1624). Actor (Ellis Guest company). [Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 92 (1984) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984) [full citation]]

Selby, William

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

Sempill, Robert

(circa1530-1595) (Semple). Writer, playwright(?). [ES iii, 476 [full citation]; McDiarmid, 'Philotus' (1967) [full citation]]

Senear, John

See Sucar, John.

Seymour, Edward (I), 2nd (9th) Earl of Hertford, Baron Beauchamp

(1537-1621). Patron (Hertford's 1581-1607). (Father of Edward Seymour (II); son-in-law of William Howard (I); brother-in-law of Charles Howard; uncle of Edmund Sheffield and William Howard (II)) [ES ii, 116 [full citation]; Peerage vi, 505 (1926) [full citation]; Seronsy, 'Daniel's Panegyricke' (1953) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 362 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 436 (1986) [full citation]; Breight, 'Realpolitik' (1992) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 310, 314 (1996) [full citation]]

Seymour, Edward (II), Lord Beauchamp

(1561-1612). Patron (Lord Beauchamp's 1586-97, 1612). (Son of Edward Seymour (I)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 24 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage vi, 507 (1926) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 276 (1931) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 172 (1965) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 358 (1984) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 6 (1992) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 436 (1986) [full citation]]

Seyntley, Peter

(fl. 1561-2). Actor. [REED Devon, 43 (1986) [full citation]]

Shaa, John

See Sehais, Jehan.

Shaa, Robert

See Shaw, Robert.

Shakerley, Edward

(fl. 1623-25). Musician and actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625). [Nungezer, 314 [full citation]; JCS ii, 561 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 104 (1966) [full citation]]

Shakeshafte, William

See Shakshafte, William.

Shakespeare, Edmund

(1580-1607) (Shakesbye). Actor. (Brother of William Shakespeare) [ES ii, 338 [full citation]; Nungezer, 314-5 [full citation]; Phelps, 'Edmund Shakespeare' (1978) [full citation]; Lawless, 'Shakespeare's Brother' (1981) [full citation]]

Shakespeare, William

(1564-1616). Playwright, actor, sharer. (Brother of Edmund Shakespeare) [ES iii, 479 [full citation]; Nungezer, 315 [full citation]; Chambers, William Shakespeare (1930) [full citation]; Eccles, Shakespeare (1961) [full citation]; Hamer, 'William Shakeshafte?' (1970) [full citation]; Schoenbaum, William Shakespeare (1975) [full citation]; Burkhart, 'Shakespeare's Lost Years' (1978) [full citation]; Grove xviii, 214 (1980) [full citation]; Honigmann, Shakespeare (1985) [full citation]; DLB 62: 267 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 105 (1993) [full citation]; DLB 172: 217 (1996) [full citation]]

Shakshafte, William

(fl. 1581). Actor(?). [ES ii, 338 [full citation]; Nungezer, 316 [full citation]; Hamer, 'William Shakeshafte?' (1970) [full citation]; Honigmann, Shakespeare (1985) [full citation]]

Shanbrooke, John

(d.1618) (Shamrock). Actor (Prince Henry's 1612). [ES ii, 338 [full citation]; Nungezer, 316 [full citation]; JCS ii, 561 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 167 (1993) [full citation]]

Shank, John (I)

(circa1580?-1636) (Schanks, Shanck, Schancke, Shanckes, Shancks, Shanke, Shankes, Shanks, Shanucke). Actor (Pembroke's?; Queen's?; Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1610-13; King's 1619-31), sharer, writer. (Father of John Shank (II)) [ES ii, 338 [full citation]; Nungezer, 316 [full citation]; JCS ii, 562; v, 1049 [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists' (1977) [full citation]; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 113n1 [full citation]; Wills, 186 (1993) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 167 (1993) [full citation]]

Shank, John (II)

(1616?-41 (or 1655)). Actor (at Fortune 1640). (Son of John Shank (I)) [JCS ii, 568 [full citation]; Nungezer, 320 [full citation]; Wills, 208 (1993) [full citation]]

Sharman, Thomas.

See Sherman, Thomas.

Sharpe, Lewis

(fl. 1640). Playwright. [JCS v, 1051 [full citation]]

Sharpe, Richard

(d.1632). Actor (King's 1616-31). [Nungezer, 321 [full citation]; JCS ii, 569 [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists', 25 (1977) [full citation]; Howard, 'Acting Lines', 5 (1985) [full citation]]

Sharpham, Edward

(1576-1608). Playwright. [ES iii, 490 [full citation]; Leech, 'Plays of Edward Sharpham' (1935) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 119 (1982) [full citation]; Wills, 77 (1993) [full citation]; Petter, Works of Edward Sharpham (1986) [full citation]]

Shatterell, Edward

(b.1620; fl. 1644-60) (Shatterall, Schottnel). Actor (Netherlands 1644; Restoration). (Brother of Robert Shatterell) [JCS ii, 571 [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 7 (1965) [full citation]]

Shatterell, Robert

(1616-84). Actor (Cockpit 1639; Restoration). (Brother of Edward Shatterell) [JCS ii, 572 [full citation]; Nungezer, 322 [full citation]; Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 40 (1959) [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; Wills, 235 (1993) [full citation]]

Shaw, John

(fl. 1599). Actor (Admiral's). [ES ii, 338 (under Jehan Sehais) [full citation]; McManaway, 'St. Giles Cripplegate' (1958) [full citation]; Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 40 (1959) [full citation]]

Shaw, Robert

(d.1603) (Shaa). Actor (Pembroke's 1597; Admiral's 1597-1602). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 323 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 62 (1931) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 168 (1993) [full citation]]

Shealden

(fl. 1594). Actor. [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 323 [full citation]]

Sheffield, Edmund, 3rd Baron Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

(1565-1646). Patron (Lord Sheffield's 1576-86). (Nephew of Charles Howard and Edward Seymour; cousin of William Howard (II); grandson of William Howard (I)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 65, 215 (1910) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 272 (1931) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 388 (1936) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 178 (1965) [full citation]; Coldewey, 'Aldeburgh', 19 (1977) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 224 (1980) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 369 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 453 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devon, 514 (1986) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 12-13, 1004 (1996) [full citation]]

Shepard

(fl. 1582). Paul's door-keeper. [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 324 [full citation]]

Shephard, Leonard

(fl. 1573-80). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 394 (1914) [full citation]]

Sheppard, Samuel

(circa1624-1652<). Writer, playwright(?). [ES iii, 491 [full citation]; JCS v, 1052 [full citation]]

Sheppard, William

(fl. 1602). Actor. [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 324 [full citation]]

Sherburne, Sir Edward

(1618-1705). Translator. [JCS v, 1054 [full citation]]

Sherburne, Sir Richard

(circa1591-1667) (Shireburn). Patron. [George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; Honigmann, Shakespeare, 14, 139, 143 (1985) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 378 (1991) [full citation]]

Sherlock, William

(fl. 1617-40) (Shearlock, Shirelock, Shirley, Shurlock). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1622; Queen Henrietta's 1626-40). [Nungezer, 324 [full citation]; JCS ii, 572 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Shipman, Roger

(circa1621-<63). Playwright. [JCS v, 1054 [full citation]]

Shireburn, Sir Richard.

See Sherburne, Sir Richard.

Shirley, Henry

(circa1594-1627). Playwright. [JCS v, 1056 [full citation]; Cutts, 'Martyred Soldier' (1959) [full citation]; Huebert, 'John Ford's Hand' (1971) [full citation]]

Shirley, James

(1596-1666). Playwright. [Baugh, 'New Facts about Shirley' (1922) [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theatre' (1942) [full citation]; Carter, 'Shirley's Return to London' (1943) [full citation]; Stevenson, 'Shirley's Years in Ireland' (1944) [full citation]; Stevenson, 'Shirley's Publishers' (1945) [full citation]; Stevenson, 'Shirley's Dedications' (1946) [full citation]; JCS ii, 573; v, 1064 [full citation]; Feil, 'James Shirley's Service' (1957) [full citation]; Taylor, 'James Shirley and Mr. Vincent Cane' (1960) [full citation]; Morillo, 'Shirley's Preferment' (1961) [full citation]; Lefkowitz, 'Longleat' (1965) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents' (1966) [full citation]; Wertheim, 'First Irish Playhouse' (1967) [full citation]; Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 951 (1971) [full citation]; Bas, 'Misrepresented Documents' (1976) [full citation]; Lawless, 'Shirley's Religion' (1977) [full citation]; Grove xviii, 258 (1980) [full citation]; Wolf, 'New Facts' (1982) [full citation]; DLB 58, 249 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 212 (1993) [full citation]]

Shore, Susan.

See Baskerville, Susan Shore Browne Greene.

Shrewsbury, Earl of.

See Talbot, Edward; Talbot, George.

Sibes, Anthony.

See Gibbs, Anthony.

Sibthorpe, Edward

(fl. 1608). Whitefriars lessee. [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 324 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 210-13 (1985) [full citation]]

Sidnam, Jonathan

(fl. 1630). Translator. [JCS v, 1170 [full citation]]

Sidney, Francis

(fl. 1585-1633). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1592). [Boas, University Drama, 393 (1914) [full citation]]

Sidney, Mary (I).

See Herbert, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke.

Sidney, Mary (II).

See Wroth, Lady Mary Sidney.

Sidney, Sir Philip

(1554-1586). Writer of royal entertainments. (Brother of Mary Sidney Herbert and Robert Sidney (I); uncle of Robert Sidney (II), Mary Sidney Wroth, Philip Herbert, and William Herbert; brother-in-law of Henry Herbert (I); nephew of Robert Dudley and Thomas Radcliffe) [ES iii, 491 [full citation]; Wagner, 'New Poems by Sidney' (1938) [full citation]; Buxton, Sir Philip Sidney (1954) [full citation]; Fogel, 'Sidney Canon' (1960) [full citation]; Kimbrough and Murphy, 'Lady of May' (1968) [full citation]; Hamilton, Sir Philip Sidney (1977) [full citation]; Beal, 'Poems by Sidney' (1978) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 382 (1981) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 96-9 (1981) [full citation]; Duncan-Jones, Sir Philip Sidney (1991) [full citation]; DLB 167, 194 (1996) [full citation]]

Sidney, Robert (I), Viscount of Lyle, 1st (25th) Earl of Leicester

(1563-1626). Patron (Lord Lisle's 1610-11). (Brother of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert; father of Robert Sidney (II) and Mary Sidney Wroth; brother-in-law of Henry Herbert (I); uncle of Philip Herbert and William Herbert; nephew of Robert Dudley and Thomas Radcliffe) [Peerage vii, 553 (1929) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 384 (1981) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 381 (1981) [full citation]; Hay, Life of Robert Sidney (1984) [full citation]]

Sidney, Robert (II), 2nd (26th) Earl of Leicester

(1595-1677). Patron (Leicester's 1637-40). (Son of Robert Sidney (I); brother of Mary Sidney Wroth; nephew of Sir Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney Herbert; cousin of Philip and William Herbert) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 51 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage vii, 554 (1929) [full citation]]

Silvester

(fl. 1625). Actor (at Coventry). [Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; JCS ii, 573 [full citation]]

Simons, Joseph

(1594-1671) (Simeon; born Emmanuel Lobb). Latin playwright. [JCS v, 1172 [full citation]]

Simpson, Christopher

(fl. 1602-16). Actor (Yorkshire). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]; Dean, 'Simpson Players' Tour' (1986) [full citation]; Urquhart, 'Sir Robert Bolles' (1987) [full citation]]

Simpson, Cuthbert

(fl. 1616). Actor (Yorkshire). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]]

Simpson, Edward

(1578-1652). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1603). [Boas, University Drama, 400, 401 (1914) [full citation]; Caylor, Leander, 6 (1993) [full citation]]

Simpson, John

(fl. 1616). Actor (Yorkshire). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]]

Simpson, Richard

(fl. 1616). Actor (Yorkshire). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]]

Simpson, Robert

(fl. 1612). Minstrel (same as below?). [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 48 (1984) [full citation]]

Simpson, Robert

(fl. 1602-16). Actor (Yorkshire). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]; Dean, 'Simpson Players' Tour' (1986) [full citation]; Urquhart, 'Sir Robert Bolles' (1987) [full citation]]

Sinckler, William

(fl. 1629). Musician. [Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 325 [full citation]; JCS ii, 573 [full citation]]

Sincklo.

See Sincler, John.

Sincler, John

(fl. 1590-1604) (Sinklo, Sincklo). Actor (Strange's circa1590; Pembroke's (?) circa1592-3; Germany 1596; Chamberlain's circa1598; King's 1604). [ES ii, 339 [full citation]; Nungezer, 326 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 49 (1931) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 155 (1982) [full citation]; Schrickx, Foreign Envoys, 127 (1986) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 168 (1993) [full citation]]

Singer, John

(d.1609; fl. 1578-1603). Actor (Queen's 1583-94; Admiral's 1594-1603), playwright(?). [ES ii, 339; iii, 492 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 327 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 63 (1931) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 169 (1993) [full citation]]

Singleton, Thomas

(1621-<89). Latin playwright. [JCS v, 1175 [full citation]]

Sinklo.

See Sincler, John.

Slater, Martin

(circa1560-1625) (Slathier, Slator, Slaughter, Slauter). Actor (Admiral's 1594-7; Scotland 1599; Hertford's 1603; Queen Anne's-Revels 1608-25), manager (King's Revels 1608). [ES ii, 340 [full citation]; Nungezer, 329 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 64 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 574 [full citation]; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 147n1, 165 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 212 (1985) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 169 (1993) [full citation]]

Sly, William

(1573?-1608). Actor (Strange's circa1590; Chamberlain's-King's 1597-1605), playwright(?). [ES ii, 340; iii, 493 [full citation]; Nungezer, 331 [full citation]; Bentley, 'St. Giles Cripplegate', 821 (1929) [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 50 (1931) [full citation]; Wills, 80 (1993) [full citation]]

Slye, Thomas

(fl. 1601). Will Kempe's taberer. [Nungezer, 333 [full citation]]

Smackerfyll

(fl.1600-1). Actor(?). [REED Somerset, 57 (1996) [full citation]]

Smart, Elizabeth.

See Condell, Elizabeth Smart.

Smedly, Robert

(fl. 1624). Puppet showman. [Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 26 (1980) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 327 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 319 (1986) [full citation]]

Smith.

Playwright. [JCS v, 1177 [full citation]]

Smith, Abraham

(fl. 1596-1604). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 399 (1914) [full citation]]

Smith, Anthony

(fl. 1616-31). Actor (Prince Charles's (I) 1616-25; King's 1626-31). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 333 [full citation]; JCS ii, 575 [full citation]]

Smith, Sir Francis

(circa1516-1605). Patron (1569-70). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 94 (1910) [full citation]; Bindoff, House of Commons iii, 332 (1982) [full citation]]

Smith, Henry

(fl. 1575-80). Actor in academic plays (?) (St. John's, Cambridge, 1579-80). [Boas, University Drama, 393, 396 (1914) [full citation]]

Smith, John (I)

(fl. 1547-80). Interluder. [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 333 [full citation]]

Smith, John (II)

(fl. 1609). Boy actor (Revels). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 334 [full citation]]

Smith, John (III)

(fl. 1612-19). Supplier of materials to Queen Anne's Men. [JCS ii, 576 [full citation]]

Smith, Leonard

(fl. 1640). Actor (in Coventry). [Nungezer, 334 [full citation]; JCS ii, 576 [full citation]]

Smith, Mathew

(b.1602; fl. 1631-41). Actor (King and Queen of Bohemia's 1631; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-4). [Nungezer, 334 [full citation]; JCS ii, 576 [full citation]]

Smith, Robert

(fl. 1564-81). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914) [full citation]]

Smith, Thomas

(fl. 1576-83). Actor in academic plays (?) (St. John's, Cambridge, 1579-80). [Boas, University Drama, 393, 396 (1914) [full citation]]

Smith, Wentworth

(1571-1607<). Playwright. [ES iii, 493 [full citation]; Wagner, 'Elizabethan Dramatists' (1933) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Seven Champions', 95 (1969) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 121 (1982) [full citation]; Foster, Elegy by W.S., 267 (1989) [full citation]]

Smith, William (I)

(fl. 1596-1605?). Poet, playwright (?). [ES iii, 493 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; JCS v, 1178 [full citation]; Sasek, Poems of William Smith (1970) [full citation]; Van Den Berg, 'Elizabethan Allegory of Time' (1976) [full citation]; Foster, Elegy by W.S., 267 (1989) [full citation]; DLB 136: 321 (1994) [full citation]]

Smith, William (II)

(fl. 1592-98; d.1602?) (Smyght). Actor (same as the poet?). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 334 [full citation]; Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men', 131 (1974) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976) [full citation]; REED York, 481 (1979) [full citation]; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981) [full citation]]

Smith, William (III), Rouge Dragon

(circa 1550-1618). Pageant describer, playwright (The Hector of Germanie). [Wheatley and Ashbee, The Particular Description of England 1588 (1879) [full citation]; Payne, The Hector of Germanie (1906) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 95 (1981) [full citation]; Foster, Elegy by W.S., 267 (1989) [full citation]]

Smyght, William.

See Smith, William.

Snell, Francis

(fl. 1569-80). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 396 (1914) [full citation]]

Snell, Thomas.

See Suell, Thomas.

Sneller, James

(1600-1634). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). Possibly the same as James Kneller. [JCS ii, 577 [full citation]]

Snelling, Thomas

(1614-<48). Latin playwright. [JCS v, 1178 [full citation]; RLDE 1/12, 13 (1982) [full citation]]

Somer, Henry.

See Summer, Henry.

Somerset, Edward, 4th (9th) Earl of Worcester, Lord Herbert

(1553-1628). Patron (Lord Herbert's 1556-7(?), 1564-5(?); Worcester's 1589-1603, 1620). (Son of William Somerset; father of Henry Somerset; brother-in-law of George Hastings) [ES ii, 220 [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 854 (1959) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 176, 181 (1965) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 4 (1989) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 627 (1990) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 317, 328 (1996) [full citation]]

Somerset, George

(fl. 1601-2). Actor (Admiral's 1601-2). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 334 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 64 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 578 [full citation]]

Somerset, Henry, 5th (10th) Earl of Worcester

(1577-1642<). Patron(?). (Son of Edward Somerset, grandson of William Somerset) [ES ii, 220 [full citation]]

Somerset, William, 3rd (8th) Earl of Worcester

(1526-89). Patron (Worcester's 1562-85). (Father of Edward Somerset, grandfather of Henry Somerset) [ES ii, 220 [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 852 (1959) [full citation]; Louis, 'Sussex', 146 (1985) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 317, 328 (1996) [full citation]]

Soulas, Josias de.

See Floridor, Josias.

Southampton, Earl of.

See Wriothesley, Henry (I); Wriothesley, Henry (II).

Soyles, William.

See Styles, William.

Sparkes, Thomas

(fl. 1610?-22). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 335 [full citation]; JCS ii, 578 [full citation]]

Sparrow, Thomas

(borncirca1614). Latin playwright. [JCS v, 1179 [full citation]; RLDE 2/12: 10 (1991) [full citation]]

Speed, John

(1595-1640). Playwright. [JCS v, 1181 [full citation]]

Speede, Nathan

(fl. 1644). Actor (Netherlands). [Riewald, 'New Light', 86 (1960) [full citation]]

Spencer, Alice.

See Egerton, Alice Spencer Stanley Egerton.

Spencer, Anne.

See Sackville, Anne Spencer Stanley Compton.

Spencer, Elizabeth.

See Eure, Elizabeth Spencer Carey.

Spencer, Gabriel

(1576-98). Actor (Pembroke's 1597; Admiral's 1598). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 336 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Jonson and the Spies' (1937) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 172 (1993) [full citation]]

Spencer, John

(fl. 1603-23). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 337 [full citation]; JCS ii, 578 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 75, 78 (1960) [full citation]]

Spencer, Nicholas.

Dancer during Commonwealth. [JCS ii, 578 [full citation]]

Spencer, William

(fl. 1589). Actor (Admiral's? 1589). [Nungezer, 338 [full citation]]

Spenser, Edmund

(circa1552-1599). Poet, playwright(?). [ES iii, 494 [full citation]; Judson, Edmund Spenser (1945) [full citation]; Ringler, 'Spenser and Thomas Watson' (1954) [full citation]; Maley, Spenser Chronology (1994) [full citation]; DLB 167: 228 (1996) [full citation]]

Squire, John

(fl. 1620). Writer of Lord Mayor's Pageant. [JCS v, 1185 [full citation]]

Staffield, George.

See Stutville, George.

Stafford, Edward (I), 2nd (12th) Baron Stafford

(1536-1603). Patron (Lord Stafford's 1574-1602). (Father of Edward Stafford (II); brother-in-law of Henry Stanley; uncle of Ferdinando Stanley and William Stanley (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 70 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xii.1, 185 (1953) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 178 (1965) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 105 (1974) [full citation]; Pafford, 'Blandford Forum' (1977) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 369 (1984) [full citation]; Alexander, 'Bath', 5 (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 454 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devon, 516 (1986) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 5 (1989) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 624 (1990) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 31 (1992) [full citation]]

Stafford, Edward (II), 3rd (13th) Baron Stafford

(1572-1625). Patron (Lord Stafford's 1603-17). (Son of Edward Stafford (I); cousin of Ferdinando Stanley and William Stanley (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 70 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xii.1, 186 (1953) [full citation]; George, 'Jacobean Actors', 114 (1983) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 454 (1986) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 378 (1991) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 31 (1992) [full citation]]

Stafford, Rod.

(Dates unknown). Playwright. [ES, iii, 495 [full citation]]

Stalinand, Nicholas

(fl. 1594-1602). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 399 (1914) [full citation]]

Stanley, Alice.

See Egerton, Alice Spencer Stanely Egerton.

Stanley, Anne.

See Sackville, Anne Spencer Stanley Compton.

Stanley, Edward, 3rd (12th) Earl of Derby

(1509-72). Patron (Derby's 1532-38, 1566-68). (Father of Henry Stanley; grandfather of Ferdinando Stanley, William Stanley (II), and Edward Parker) [Peerage iv, 209 (1916) [full citation]; Blewitt, 'Winchester and Eton', 141 (1984) [full citation]; Bagley, Earls of Derby, 34ff.(1985) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 275 (1996) [full citation]]

Stanley, Ferdinando, 5th (14th) Earl of Derby, Lord Strange

(circa1559-94). Patron (Lord Strange's 1576-93; Derby's 1593-94). (Son of Henry Stanley; brother of William Stanley (II); uncle of James Stanley; nephew of George Clifford and Edward Stafford (I); cousin of Edward Stafford (II), Edward Sutton, and Edward Parker; grandson of Edward Stanley) [Peerage iv, 212 (1916) [full citation]; ES ii, 118 [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 15 (1983) [full citation]; Bagley, Earls of Derby, 53ff. (1985) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Sussex's Men', 219n11 (1991) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 258, 274 (1996) [full citation]]

Stanley, Henry, 4th (13th) Earl of Derby, Lord Strange

(1531-93). Patron (Lord Strange's 1563-70; Derby's 1574-93). (Son of Edward Stanley; father of Ferdinando and William Stanley (II); grandfather of James Stanley; uncle of Edward Sutton, Edward Stafford (II), and Edward Parker; brother-in-law of George Clifford and Edward Stafford (I)) [Peerage iv, 211 (1916) [full citation]; ES ii, 118 [full citation]; Bagley, Earls of Derby, 53ff. (1985) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 258 (1996) [full citation]]

Stanley, James, 7th (16th) Earl of Derby, Lord Strange

(1607-51). Patron (Lord Strange's 1634-37). (Son of William Stanley (II); nephew of Ferdinando Stanley; grandson of Henry Stanley) [Peerage iv, 214 (1916) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 13 (1985) [full citation]; Bagley, Earls of Derby, 78ff. (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 441 (1986) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 11 (1989) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 379 (1991) [full citation]]

Stanley, Thomas

(1625-78). Translator, patron. [JCS v, 1185 [full citation]]

Stanley, William (I), 3rd Baron Monteagle

(circa1527-81). Patron (Lord Monteagle's 1568-81). (Husband of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton Sackville; brother-in-law of Elizabeth Spencer Carey Eure; father-in-law of Edward Parker) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 55 (1910) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 266 (1931) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 116 (1936) [full citation]; Alexander, 'Bath', 5 (1985) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 377 (1991) [full citation]]

Stanley, William (II), 6th (15th) Earl of Derby

(1561-1642). Patron (Derby's 1594-1635), playwright. (Son of Henry Stanley; brother of Ferdinando Stanley; father of James Stanley; nephew of George Clifford and Edward Stafford (I); cousin of Edward Stafford (II), Edward Sutton, and Edward Sutton; son-in-law of Edward de Vere; grandson of Edward Stanley) [Peerage iv, 213 (1916) [full citation]; ES ii, 118; iii, 495 [full citation]; George, 'Jacobean Actors', 113 (1983) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; Bagley, Earls of Derby, 67ff. (1985) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 53 (1988) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 6ff. (1989) [full citation]; George, 'Population and Players', 11 (1992) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 258, 265 (1996) [full citation]]

Stanton, Lancelot

(fl. 1595-1604). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 399 (1914) [full citation]]

Stanton, Laurence

(fl. 1566-1601). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 395 (1914) [full citation]]

Stapleton, Sir Richard

(fl. 1571-2). Patron (1571-2). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 95 (1910) [full citation]]

Stapleton, Sir Robert

(circa1600?-69). Playwright. [JCS v, 1186 [full citation]]

Stennyt, John

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

Stephen

(fl. 1601-2). Actor (Admiral's). [Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 65 (1931) [full citation]]

Stephens, John

(>1611-1617<). Playwright. [ES, iii, 495 [full citation]]

Stevens, Thomas

(fl. 1586-7). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 338 [full citation]]

Stockfish, Hans.

See Spencer, John.

Stokes, Frances Brandon Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

(1517-59). Patron(?). [Dawson, 'Kent', 179 (1965) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 370 (1984) [full citation]]

Stone

(fl. 1605). Fool. [Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts', 13 (1987) [full citation]]

Stone, John

(fl. 1632). King's tumbler. [REED York, 581 (1979) [full citation]]

Stone, Philip

(fl. 1608-13). Sharer (Red Bull). [Nungezer, 339 [full citation]]

Stourton, John

(1553-88). Patron. [REED Devon, 517 (1986) [full citation]]

Str--, Robert

(fl. circa1620). Actor. [JCS ii, 579 [full citation]]

Strachey, William

(circa1573-1619). Sharer (Children of the Chapel). [Sanders, Strachey Family, 10ff. (1953) [full citation]; Sisson, New Readings, 1:188 (1956) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Martin Peerson' (1958) [full citation]; Culliford, William Strachey (1965) [full citation]; Foster, Elegy by W.S., 203-22, 276-90 (1989) [full citation]]

Strange, Lord.

See Stanley, Henry; Stanley, Ferdinando; Stanley, James.

Stratford, Robert

(fl. 1631). Actor (Prince Charles' (II)). [Nungezer, 339 [full citation]; JCS ii, 579 [full citation]]

Stratford, William

(d.1625). Actor (Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1610-24). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 339 [full citation]; JCS ii, 579 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 172 (1993) [full citation]]

Strayker, William

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

Streche, Ralph

See Strachey, Ralph.

Street, Peter

(1553-1609). Carpenter; builder of Globe, Fortune, and possibly the Theatre. [Ingram, Business, 92-7 (1992) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Peter Street' (1993) [full citation]]

Strelley, Sir Anthony

(fl. 1568-9). Patron (1568-9). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 96 (1910) [full citation]]

Strepworthy, Sir William

(fl. 1568-9). Patron (1568-9). [Dawson, 'Kent', 178 (1965) [full citation]]

Stretch, John

(fl. 1635). Actor (at Norwich). [Nungezer, 340 [full citation]; JCS ii, 580 [full citation]]

Stringer, Philip

(fl. 1565-80). Actor in academic play (St. John's, Cambridge, 1580). [Boas, University Drama, 395 (1914) [full citation]]

Strode, William

(1603-45). Poet, playwright. [JCS v, 1187 [full citation]; Elliott, 'Plays at Christ Church' (1985) [full citation]; DLB 126: 250 (1993) [full citation]]

Strong, John

(fl. 1634). Musician at the Cockpit. [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 25 (1966) [full citation]]

Stropworth, Sir William

(fl. 1568-9). Patron (1568-9). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 96 (1910) [full citation]]

Strowdewicke, Edmund

(d.1568). Court interluder (1559-68). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 340 [full citation]]

Stuart, Esme, 3rd Duke of Lennox, Lord d'Aubigny

(1579-1624). Patron (Lord Aubigny's [aka Duke of Lennox's brother's] 1609-14). (Brother of Ludovic Stuart) [Peerage vii, 607 (1929) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 389 (1981) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 358 (1984) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 6 (1989) [full citation]]

Stuart, Ludovic, 2nd Duke of Lennox

(1574-1624). Patron (Duke of Lennox's 1603-9). (Brother of Esme Stuart) [ES ii, 241 [full citation]; Peerage vii, 604 (1929) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 173 (1965) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 364 (1984) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 21, 997 (1996) [full citation]]

Stubbe, Edmund

(circa1595?-1659) (Stub, Stubbs). Latin playwright. [JCS v, 1195 [full citation]; RLDE 2/2: 11 (1987) [full citation]]

Studle, John

(fl. 1618). Actor (Netherlands). (= Stutville?) [Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 29 (1955) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 82 (1960) [full citation]]

Studley, John

(circa1545-circa1590). Translator. [ES iii, 495 [full citation]]

Sturt, John

(d.1625). Court musician. [Spencer, 'M.L. Lute Book' (1985) [full citation]; Kapeller, Untersuchungen (1986) [full citation]]

Stutfield, George

See Stutville, George.

Stutville, George

(fl. 1622-40) (Estoteville, Estouteville, Staffield, Stutfield, Stutvile, Stutvill). Actor (Revels circa1622; Prince Charles' (II) 1632-34; Queen Henrietta's 1635; Beeston's Boys 1640). [Nungezer, 130, 340 [full citation]; JCS ii, 580 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Prince Charles's Company', 229 (1978) [full citation]; Elliott, 'Plays at Christ Church', 13 (1985) [full citation]]

Stutville, John.

See Studle, John.

Styles, William

(fl. 1634-43). Attendant on King's Men (1637). [JCS ii, 582 [full citation]]

Sucar, John.

See Sugar, John.

Suckling, Sir John

(1609-42). Playwright. [JCS v, 1197 [full citation]; Clayton, 'Thorn-Drury's Marginalia' (1959) [full citation]; Berry, Suckling's Poems and Letters (1960) [full citation]; Clayton, 'Portraits of Sir John Suckling' (1960) [full citation]; Clayton, 'Suckling and the Cranfields' (1960) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling' (1968) [full citation]; Clayton, Works of Sir John Suckling, xxvii-lxxv (1971) [full citation]; Squier, Sir John Suckling (1978) [full citation]; DLB 58, 267 (1987) [full citation]; Parker, 'Suckling in Paris' (1987) [full citation]; DLB 126, 256 (1993) [full citation]; van Strien, 'Sir John Suckling' (1995) [full citation]]

Sudder, Lord.

See Sutton, Edward.

Suell, Thomas

(fl. 1613). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's). (not a boy, as Bentley says) [JCS ii, 583 [full citation]; REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]]

Suffolk, Duchess of.

See Brandon, Katherine Willoughby; Stokes, Frances Brandon Grey.

Suffolk, Earl of.

See Howard, Thomas (II).

Sugar, John

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

Summer, Henry

(fl. 1561-66). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914) [full citation]]

Sumner, John

(d.1649 or 1651) (Somner, Sumpner). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-40). [Nungezer, 341 [full citation]; JCS ii, 583 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Sussex, Earl of.

See Radcliffe, Thomas; Radcliffe, Henry; Radcliffe, Robert.

Sutton, Edward, 5th Baron Dudley

(1567-1643). Patron (Lord Dudley's 1595-1636). (Nephew of Henry Stanley; cousin of Ferdinando and William Stanley) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 41 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage iv, 482 (1916) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 170 (1965) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 64 (1981) [full citation]; George, 'Jacobean Actors', 113 (1983) [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 18, 22 (1983) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 442 (1986) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 51-3 (1988) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 7 (1989) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 614 (1990) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 374 (1991) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 13 (1992) [full citation]]

Sutton, Thomas

(fl. 1617). Musician (Poland). [Riewald, 'New Light', 90 (1960) [full citation]]

Swaine, Humphrey

(1576-91). Servant to one of Queen's Men. [Coldewey, 'Aldeburgh', 22 (1977) [full citation]]

Swanston, Eyllaerdt

(d.1651) (Sawnston, Swainstone, Swansson, Swanstead, Swansted, Swanstone, Swanstrid, Swantton, Swautted; Eliard, Elliard, Ellyard, Ellyart, Elyard, Eylardt, Eylaerd, Eylaerdt, Eylyardt, Hilliard, Hilyar, Iliar, Illre, Ilra). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1622; King's 1624-42). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 342 [full citation]; JCS ii, 584 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Howard, 'Acting Lines', 10 (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 205 (1993) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 172 (1993) [full citation]]

Swayne, Martin

(d.1625). Servant of Richard Price. [JCS ii, 588 [full citation]]

Swetherton, Thomas.

See Swinnerton, Thomas.

Swift, Richard

(fl. 1626). Musician (Netherlands). [Riewald, 'New Light', 83 (1960) [full citation]]

Swinarton, Abell

(fl. 1628). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's). [Nungezer, 344 [full citation]; JCS ii, 588 [full citation]]

Swinhoe, Gilbert

(fl. 1658). Playwright. [JCS v, 1214 [full citation]]

Swinnerton, John

(fl. 1620). Actor (possibly mistake for Thomas?). [Wills, 118-9 [full citation]]

Swinnerton, Thomas

(fl. 1604-28) (Swetherton, Swynerton). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-19; provincial 1619-28); sharer; co-builder of Red Bull playhouse. [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 344 [full citation]; JCS ii, 588 [full citation]]

Swopper

(fl. 1603). Fool (Earl of Bedford's). [Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 19 (1983) [full citation]]

Swynnerton, Daniel.

Probably a mistake for Thomas Swinnerton. [JCS ii, 589 [full citation]]

Syferweste, Richard

(fl. 1602). Actor (Worcester's? 1602). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 345 [full citation]]

Sylvester, William

(fl. 1567). Carpenter; worked on Red Lion theater. [Loengard, 'Elizabethan Lawsuit', 301 (1983) [full citation]]

Symcockes

(fl. 1601-5). Actor (Lennox's(?) 1605). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 346 [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 15 (1989) [full citation]]

Symons, John

(fl. 1583-9). Actor/tumbler (Strange's 1583; Oxford's 1585; Strange's 1586-8?; Queen's 1588-9?). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 346 [full citation]]