ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS
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Calfhill, James
(circa1530-1570). Playwright. [ES iii, 239 [full citation]]
Camby, Captain
Actor(?). [JCS ii, 398 [full citation]]
Campion, Thomas
(1567-1620). Masque writer. [ES iii, 239 [full citation]; JCS iii, 104 [full citation]; Grove iii, 656 (1980) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 132 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 21 (1982) [full citation]; Lindley, Thomas Campion (1986) [full citation]; Davis, Thomas Campion (1987) [full citation]; DLB 58: 37 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 119 (1993) [full citation]; DLB 172, 38 (1996) [full citation]]
Cane, Andrew
(fl. 1622-54) (Cain, Caue, De Caine, Kane, Kayne, Kein, Keyne, Keynes, Rayne). Actor (Lady
Elizabeth's; Palsgrave's 1622; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-42). [Nungezer, 82 [full citation]; JCS ii, 398 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Prince Charles's
Company' (1978) [full citation]]
Candler, James
(fl. 1568-69). Actor (at Ipswich). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 82 [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 266 [full citation]]
Capon, John
(fl. 1650). Actor during Commonwealth. [JCS ii, 401 [full citation]]
Carew, Thomas
(circa1595-1640) (Carewe, Carey, Carie, Cary). Masque writer, playwright(?). [Dunlap, Poems of
Thomas Carew (1949) [full citation]; JCS iii, 104 [full citation]; Sadler, Thomas Carew (1979) [full citation]; DLB 126: 42 (1993) [full citation]]
Carey, Elizabeth
See Eure, Elizabeth Spencer Carey.
Carey, George, 2nd Baron Hunsdon
(1547-1603). Patron (Lord Hunsdon's 1596-97; Lord Chamberlain's
1597-1603), Lord Chamberlain (1597-1603). (Son of Henry Carey; husband of Elizabeth Spencer Carey Eure)
[Chambers, 'Lords Chamberlain', 39 (1907) [full citation]; ES ii, 192 [full citation]; Peerage vi, 629 (1926) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 547 (1981) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 359 (1984) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 282 (1996) [full citation]]
Carey, Giles
See Gary, Giles.
Carey, Henry, 1st Baron Hunsdon
(circa1524-1596). Patron (Lord Hunsdon's 1564-67, 1575-85; Lord Chamberlain's
1585-88, 1594-96), Lord Chamberlain (1585-96). (Father of George Carey; cousin of Queen Elizabeth I; father-in-law of
Charles Howard; grandfather of William Howard (II)) [Chambers, 'Lords Chamberlain', 39 (1907) [full citation]; ES ii, 192 [full citation]; Peerage vi, 627 (1926) [full citation]; Gurr, 'Three Reluctant Patrons' (1993) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 278 (1996) [full citation]]
Carie, Giles
See Gary, Giles.
Carlell, Lodowick
(circa1602-75) (Carlel, Carliell, Carlile, Carlill). Playwright. [JCS iii, 111 [full citation]; Ruoff, 'Lost Manuscript'
(1955) [full citation]; Toynbee and Isham, 'Lodowick Carlell' (1955) [full citation]; Toynbee and Isham, 'Family Connections' (1955) [full citation]; Ruoff, 'Carlell's Passionate Lovers' (1956) [full citation]; Ruoff, 'Lodowick Carlell after 1660' (1957) [full citation]; Duncan-Jones, 'Two Osmond Plays' (1961) [full citation]; DLB 58: 45 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 218 (1993) [full citation]]
Carleton, Nicholas
(circa1570?-1630). Musician, Paul's chorister. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 85 [full citation]; Grove iii, 794 (1980) [full citation]]
Carleton, Thomas
(fl. 1614-25) (alias Thomas Medcalf). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 125 [full citation]]
Carpenter, William
(d.1625; fl. 1611-25). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611; Prince Charles' (I) 1619-25). [ES ii, 310 [full citation];
Nungezer, 85 [full citation]; JCS ii, 401 [full citation]; Wills, 232 (1993) [full citation]]
Carr, John
(fl. 1631). Actor (Players of the Revels). [Nungezer, 86 [full citation]; JCS ii, 402 [full citation]]
Cart, John
(fl. 1625). Playwright(?). [JCS iii, 126 [full citation]]
Cartley, Sir Thomas
(fl. 1573-4). Patron. (possibly misprint for Sir Thomas Berkeley) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 80 (1910) [full citation]; REED Devon, 472 (1986) [full citation]]
Cartwright, William (I)
(fl. 1598-1636). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1598-1624; King and Queen of
Bohemia's; Red Bull-King's; King's Revels; Queen Henrietta's 1635). (Father of William Cartwright (II)) [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 86 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 53 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 402 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]
Cartwright, William (II)
(circa1606-86). Actor (Norwich 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40; after Restoration). (Son of
William Cartwright (I)) [Nungezer, 87 [full citation]; JCS ii, 404 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal'
(1972) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Wills, 225, 238 (1993) [full citation]]
Cartwright, William (III)
(1611-43). Poet, playwright. [Evans, Henry Lawes (1941) [full citation]; Evans, William Cartwright (1951) [full citation]; JCS iii, 126 [full citation]; Evans, 'Cartwright's Debt to Lawes' (1968) [full citation]; DLB 126: 55 (1993) [full citation]]
Carver, William
(fl. 1624). Attendant for King's Men. [Nungezer, 89 [full citation]; JCS ii, 405 [full citation]]
Cary, Elizabeth Tanfield, Viscountess Falkland
(1586-1639). Playwright. [Pearse, 'Elizabeth Cary' (1977) [full citation]; Weller and Ferguson, Tragedy of Mariam (1994) [full citation]; Wright, Tragedy of Mariam (1996) [full citation]; Beilin, Redeeming Eve (1987) [full citation]; Lewalski, Writing Women in Jacobean England, 179 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 43 (1996) [full citation]]
Cary, Giles
See Gary, Giles.
Casse, Robert
(fl. 1650). Actor (Germany). [JCS ii, 406 [full citation]]
Castle, Thomas
(fl. 1608-1610). Actor. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 89 [full citation]; JCS ii, 405 [full citation]]
Cattanes
(fl. 1603). Actor (Worcester's 1603). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 89 [full citation]]
Caue, Andrew
See Cane, Andrew.
Cavallerizzo, Claudio
(fl. 1576). Actor (Italian). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 89 [full citation]]
Cavendish, Mr
(fl. 1585-86). Patron. [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 80 (1910) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 313 (1981) [full citation]]
Cavendish, William (I), Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, 1st (2nd) Earl of Devonshire
(1552-1626). Patron (Lord
Cavendish's 1608-11). (Uncle of William Cavendish (II); brother-in-law of Gilbert Talbot) [Peerage iv, 339 (1916) [full citation];
REED Coventry 373, 376 (1981) [full citation]]
Cavendish, William (II), Viscount Mansfield, Baron Ogle, and Earl, Marquis, and Duke of Newcastle
(1593-1676)
(Candigis, Candishe). Playwright. (Nephew of William Cavendish (II); grandson of Cuthbert Ogle) [Peerage ix, 521
(1936) [full citation]; JCS iii, 142 [full citation]]
Cawerden, Sir Thomas
(>1514-1559). Master of the Revels. [Bergeron, 'Elizabeth's Coronation Entry' (1978) [full citation]; Hasler,
House of Commons i, 569 (1981) [full citation]; Streitberger, 'Revels 1541-1559' (1986) [full citation]; Wills, 39 (1993) [full citation]]
Cayne, Mr
See Cheyne, Sir Henry.
Cayworth, John
(circa1594-<1637). Writer. [JCS iii, 151 [full citation]]
Cecil, Robert, 1st (15th) Earl of Salisbury
(1563-1612). Royal entertainment contributor. (Son of William Cecil;
half-brother of Thomas Cecil; brother-in-law of Edward de Vere; son-in-law of William Brooke) [ES iii, 247 [full citation]; Peerage xi, 402 (1949) [full citation]; Handover, Second Cecil (1959) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments' (1968) [full citation]; Wren, 'Salisbury and the Blackfriars Theatre' (1970) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 571 (1981) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 131 (1981) [full citation]; Colthorpe, 'Theobalds Entertainment' (1987) [full citation]; Haynes, Robert Cecil (1989) [full citation]]
Cecil, Thomas, 1st Earl of Exeter, Baron Burghley
(1542-1623). Patron (Sir Thomas Cecil's 1586-88). (Son of William Cecil; half-brother of Robert Cecil; cousin of Henry Cheke; brother-in-law of Edward de Vere; son-in-law of John Nevill) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 80 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage v, 216 (1926) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 579 (1981) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 359 (1984) [full citation]]
Cecil, William, Baron Burghley
(1521-98). Patron (Lord Burghley's 1580). (Father of Sir Robert Cecil and Thomas
Cecil; uncle of Henry Cheke; father-in-law of Edward de Vere) [Peerage ii, 428 (1912) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i,
582 (1981) [full citation]; REED Shropshire, 698 (1994) [full citation]]
Chamberlain, Lord
See Carey, Henry; Carey, George; Radcliffe, Thomas.
Chamberlain, Robert
(1607-<40). Playwright. [JCS iii, 152 [full citation]]
Chamberlaine, William
(circa1619-1689) (Chamberlayne). Playwright. [JCS iii, 154 [full citation]]
Chambers, William
(1603?-1627?). Musician for King's Men. [Nungezer, 89 [full citation]; JCS ii, 406 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 103 (1966) [full citation]]
Champnes, Toby
(fl. 1606-14). Actor. [Eccles, 'Actors I', 44 (1991) [full citation]]
Chancellor, Lord
See Egerton, Thomas.
Chandos, Lord
See Brydges, Edmund; Brydges, Giles; Brydges, Grey; Brydges, William.
Chapman, George
(circa1560-1634). Playwright, masque writer. [ES iii, 249 [full citation]; Robertson, 'Early Life of George Chapman'
(1945) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Chapman's Early Years' (1946) [full citation]; Butman, 'New Facts' (1951) [full citation]; Jacquot, George Chapman (1951) [full citation]; JCS iii, 155 [full citation]; MacLure, George Chapman (1966) [full citation]; Spivack, George Chapman (1967) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 697 (1971) [full citation]; Orbison, 'Chapman Letter' (1975) [full citation]; Tricomi, 'Revised Bussy D'Ambois' (1979) [full citation]; Tricomi, 'Two Letters' (1980) [full citation]; DLB 62: 3 (1987) [full citation]; DLB 121: 45 (1992) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'George Chapman' (1993) [full citation]]
Chappell, John
(circa1590-1632<). Boy actor (Chapel 1600-1), Latin playwright. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 90 [full citation]; JCS iii, 158 [full citation]; RLDE 2/14: 12 (1991) [full citation]]
Charles I, King of England (Duke of York, Prince of Wales)
(1600-49). Patron (Duke of York's 1608-13; Prince Charles' (I) 1613-25; King's 1625-42). (Son of King James and Queen Anne; brother of Prince Henry and Lady Elizabeth; husband of Queen Henrietta Maria; father of King Charles II; brother-in-law of Frederick, Elector Palatine) [ES ii, 241 [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 394, 408 (1996) [full citation]]
Charles II, King of England (Prince of Wales)
(1630-85). Patron (Prince Charles' (II) 1631-42; King's 1660-82). (Son of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria; nephew of Lady Elizabeth and Frederick, Elector Palatine) [Hotson, CRS, 242 (1928) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 437, 446 (1996) [full citation]]
Cheke, Henry
(circa1548-86). Translator. (Nephew of William Cecil; cousin of Thomas Cecil; son-in-law of Sir
Humphrey Radcliffe) [ES, iii, 262 [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 596 (1981) [full citation]]
Cherrington, Will
(fl. circa1635?). Actor. [JCS ii, 406 [full citation]]
Chesson, Thomas
(fl. 1580). Actor(?). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 90 [full citation]]
Chettle, Henry
(circa1560?->1607). Playwright. [ES iii, 263 [full citation]; Jenkins, Henry Chettle (1934) [full citation]; Jenkins, 'Chettle and Dekker' (1941) [full citation]; Thomas, 'Henry Chettle' (1948) [full citation]; Wright, 'Young Anthony Mundy' (1959) [full citation]; Wright, 'Mundy and Chettle' (1961) [full citation]; Wright, 'Lazarus Pyott' (1963) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 22 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 136: 38 (1994) [full citation]; Jowett, 'Notes on Henry Chettle'
(1994) [full citation]]
Cheyne, Sir Henry, 1st Baron Cheyne
(1540-87) (Cheney, Cheyney). Patron(?) (1564-5). [Peerage iii, 192 (1913) [full citation]; REED Devon, 472 (1986) [full citation]]
Cholmley, Sir Richard
(fl. 1602-9). Patron (1602-9). [Boddy, 'Players of Interludes' (1976) [full citation]]
Christmas, Gerard (Garrett)
(d.1634; fl. 1611-34). Sculptor, designer for civic pageants. (Father of John Christmas
and Matthias Christmas) [Bald, 'Middleton's Civic Employments', 73 (1933) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Christmas Family' (1968) [full citation];
Bergeron, English Civic Pageantry, 252-6 (1971) [full citation]; Young, 'Thomas Heywood's Pageants', 134 (1988) [full citation]]
Christmas, John
(d.1655). Sculptor, designer for civic pageants. (Son of Gerard Christmas; brother of Matthias
Christmas) [Bergeron, 'Christmas Family' (1968) [full citation]; Bergeron, English Civic Pageantry, 252-6 (1971) [full citation]; Young, 'Thomas
Heywood's Pageants', 134, 144 (1988) [full citation]]
Christmas, Matthias
(circa1605-54). Sculptor, designer for civic pageants. (Son of Gerard Christmas; brother of John
Christmas) [Bergeron, 'Christmas Family' (1968) [full citation]; Bergeron, English Civic Pageantry, 252-6 (1971) [full citation]; Young, 'Thomas Heywood's Pageants', 134, 144 (1988) [full citation]]
Churchyard, Thomas
(1520-1604). Writer for royal entertainments. [ES iii, 267 [full citation]; Rather, 'Career and Personality' (1960) [full citation]; Goldwyn, 'Biography of Thomas Churchyard' (1966) [full citation]; Goldwyn, 'Unpublished Manuscripts' (1967) [full citation]; Goldwyn, 'Thomas Churchyard's Marriages' (1967) [full citation]; Geimer, 'Birthdate of Thomas Churchyard' (1967) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 17 (1972) [full citation]; Goldwyn, 'Thomas Churchyard's Pension' (1974) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 90-100 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 23 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 132: 73 (1993) [full citation]]
Chute, Anthony
(d.circa 1595). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 268 [full citation]]
Claretus, P
(fl. 1623-35). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 160 [full citation]]
Clark, Hugh
(circa1610-53). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626-36; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1641-48). [Nungezer, 90 [full citation]; JCS ii, 406 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists', 25 (1977) [full citation]]
Clark, Sill
(1603<>1641). Actor. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 91 [full citation]; JCS ii, 407 [full citation]]
Clarke, John
(d.1624; fl. 1608-24). Musician, boy actor(?). [Nungezer, 91 [full citation]; Wills, 132 (1993) [full citation]]
Clarke, Mary
(fl. 1603). Sharer, legatee of Thomas Pope, later wife of John Edmonds. [Nungezer, 92 [full citation]]
Clarke, Robert
(fl. 1617-29). Actor (King's 1624). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 92 [full citation]; JCS ii, 407 [full citation]]
Clarke, Roger
(circa1599-1623<). Actor (Red Bull 1621-23). [Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company',
63 (1954) [full citation]]
Clarke, Thomas
(fl. 1572). Actor (Leicester's 1572). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 92 [full citation]]
Clavell, John
(1601-43). Playwright. [JCS iii, 161 [full citation]; Lawless and Pafford, 'John Clavell' (1957) [full citation]; Pafford, 'John Clavell' (1986) [full citation]]
Clay, Henry
(fl. 1614-26). Actor (King's 1624). [Nungezer, 92 [full citation]; JCS ii, 407 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 44 (1991) [full citation]]
Clay, Nathaniel
(fl. 1615-30). Actor. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 92 [full citation]; JCS ii, 408 [full citation]; Wills, 100-1 [full citation]]
Clayton, Richard
(d.1634). Actor (Palsgrave's 1624). [Nungezer, 93 [full citation]; JCS ii, 408 [full citation]]
Cleveland, John
(1613-58). Poet, playwright(?). [JCS iii, 165 [full citation]; Jacobus, John Cleveland (1975) [full citation]; DLB 126: 62 (1993) [full citation]]
Clifford, Anne.
See Herbert, Anne Clifford Sackville.
Clifford, George, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
(1558-1605). Patron (Cumberland's 1594-1600); royal entertainment contributor. (Father of Anne Clifford Sackville Herbert; uncle of Henry Clifford; son-in-law of Francis Russell; brother-in-law of Henry Stanley and Philip Wharton; uncle of Ferdinando and William Stanley; cousin of Henry Scrope) [Peerage iii, 568 (1913) [full citation]; Williamson, George, Third Earl of Cumberland (1920) [full citation]; ES iii, 268 [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 129, 145 (1981) [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 18 (1983) [full citation]; REED Devon, 477 (1986) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 53 (1988) [full citation]]
Clifford, Henry, Lord Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland
(1592-1643). Patron(?) (1640). (Nephew of George Clifford) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 81 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage iii, 569 (1913) [full citation]; Butler, 'Provincial Masque' (1986), 151-3 [full citation]]
Clifton, Thomas
(fl. 1600). Kidnapped for Chapel, but released. [ES, ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 93 [full citation]; Forse, 'Extortion' (1990) [full citation]]
Clinton, Edward Fiennes de, 1st (16th) Earl of Lincoln, Lord Clinton
(circa1512-85). Patron (Lord Admiral's 1566-67; Lincoln's 1573). (Father of Henry Clinton) [ES ii, 96 [full citation]; Peerage vii, 690 (1929) [full citation]; O'Conor, Godes Peace and the Queenes
(1934) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 171, 180 (1996) [full citation]]
Clinton, Henry Fiennes de, 2nd (17th) Earl of Lincoln, Lord Clinton
(circa1541-1616). Patron (Lord Clinton's 1574-77, Lincoln's 1599-1609). (Son of Edward Clinton; brother-in-law of George Hastings; father-in-law of Charles Willoughby) [ES ii, 96 [full citation]; Peerage vii, 693 (1929) [full citation]; O'Conor, Godes Peace and the Queenes (1934) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 365 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 449 (1986) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 171, 180 (1996) [full citation]]
Clun, Walter
(circa1625?-1664) (Clunne). Actor (King's circa1638; Duke's 1660-64). [Nungezer, 94 [full citation]; Hotson, CRS, 202, 304
(1928) [full citation]; JCS ii, 408 [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]
Cobbes, James
(fl. 1619-23). Playwright. [JCS iii, 166 [full citation]; Schuler, 'James Cobbes' (1978) [full citation]]
Cobham, Lord
See Brooke, William.
Coborne, Edward
See Colborne, Edward.
Codbolt, Lightfoot
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 96 [full citation]] (possibly related to William Cobbold (1560-1639) in Grove iv, 507? [full citation])
Codbolt, Thomas
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 96 [full citation]]
Coffin, Francis
(b.1562; fl. 1595-1602). Actor (Dudley's 1595-1602). [Nungezer, 96 [full citation]]
Cokayne, Sir Aston
(1608-84) (Cockaine, Cochaine, Cockayn, Cokain). Poet, playwright, masque writer. [JCS iii,
166 [full citation]]
Colborne, Edward
(fl. 1610-25) (Colbrand, Coborne, Coborn). Actor (Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1610-13). [ES ii,
310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 96 [full citation]; JCS ii, 408 [full citation]]
Cole, Francis
(fl. 1641). Writer for royal entertainment. [JCS iii, 172 [full citation]]
Coles, Robert
(fl. 1598-9). Paul's chorister, boy actor (Paul's 1599). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 96 [full citation]]
Collewell, Richard
(fl. 1633). Actor. [Nungezer, 97 [full citation]; JCS ii, 409 [full citation]]
Collins, Edward
(fl. 1637). Actor(?) (King's 1637). [Nungezer, 97 [full citation]; JCS ii, 409 [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists' (1977) [full citation]]
Collins, Jeffrey
(fl. 1624-34). Musician for King's Men and at Cockpit. [Nungezer, 97 [full citation]; JCS ii, 409 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 103 (1966) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 25 (1966) [full citation]]
Combes, William
(fl. 1594). Chorister (Children of Windsor 1594). [Nungezer, 98 [full citation]]
Compton, Anne
See Sackville, Anne Spencer Stanley Compton.
Compton, Henry, 1st Baron Compton
(1544-89). Patron (Lord Compton's 1573-8). (Husband of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton; father of William Compton; stepbrother of Henry Herbert) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 34 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage iii, 390 (1913) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 635 (1981) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 439 (1986) [full citation]]
Compton, William, 2nd Baron Compton, 1st (10th) Earl of Northampton
(circa1568-1630). Patron (Lord Compton's 1605). (Son of Henry Compton; stepson of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton Sackville) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 35 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 677 (1936)[full citation]; REED Coventry, 367, 374 (1981) [full citation]]
Comptroller
See Croft, Sir James.
Condell, Elizabeth Smart
(d.1635). Sharer. (Wife of Henry Condell) [Barnard, New Links, 24-36 (1930) [full citation]; JCS ii, 409 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 44 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 182 (1993) [full citation]]
Condell, Henry
(1576-1627). Actor (Chamberlain's-King's 1598-1627), sharer. (Husband of Elizabeth Condell) [ES, ii,
310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 98 [full citation]; Barnard, New Links, 1-23 (1930) [full citation]; JCS ii, 410 [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 292 (1969) [full citation]; Honneyman, 'Henry Condell' (1985) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 44 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 156 (1993) [full citation]]
Constable, Sir John
(1526-79). Patron(?) (1575-6). (Brother-in-law of Henry Scrope) [Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 105 (1974) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons i, 641 (1981) [full citation]]
Coock, William
See Cooke, William.
Cooke, Abell
(b.1589; fl. 1606-7). Boy actor (Queen's Revels 1606-7). [Nungezer, 101 [full citation]]
Cooke, Alexander
(1583?-1614; fl. 1598-1614). Actor, sharer. [ES, ii, 311 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 102 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 49 (1931) [full citation]; Wills, 94 (1993) [full citation]]
Cooke, John
(fl. 1604-1614). Playwright. [ES iii, 269 [full citation]; Berman, Greene's Tu Quoque (1984) [full citation]; Bly, 'John Cooke' (1998) [full citation]]
Cooke, Lionel
(fl. 1583-1588). Actor (Queen's 1583-88). [ES ii, 312 [full citation]; Nungezer, 103 [full citation]; McMillin, 'Simon Jewell', 176 (1976) [full citation]; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981) [full citation]]
Cooke, Thomas (I)
(fl. 1583). Actor (Worcester's 1583). [ES ii, 312 [full citation]; Nungezer, 103 [full citation]]
Cooke, Thomas (II)
(fl. 1638). Actor(?) (Ireland). (possibly mistake for William Cooke) [Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 153 (1942) [full citation]]
Cooke, William (I)
(fl. 1608). Lessee of Whitefriars. [ES ii, 312 [full citation]; Nungezer, 103 [full citation]]
Cooke, William (II)
(fl. 1632-44). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1632-35; Ireland 1638; Netherlands 1644-5). [Nungezer,
104 [full citation]; JCS ii, 413 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 153 (1942) [full citation]]
Cooling, John
(d.<1626). Actor. [Nungezer, 104 [full citation]; JCS ii, 413 [full citation]]
Corden, George
(fl. 1640). Actor. [Nungezer, 104 [full citation]; JCS ii, 414 [full citation]]
Cosnet, John
(fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 386 (1990) [full citation]]
Costell, Samuel
(fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 386 (1990) [full citation]]
Costine, John
(fl. 1636). Actor. [JCS ii, 414 [full citation]]
Costine, William
(fl. 1632-3). Puppet showman. (same as John Costine?) [JCS ii, 414 [full citation]; REED Coventry, 433-4 (1981) [full citation]]
Cotton, John
(fl. 1620). Failed theatrical speculator. [JCS ii, 414 [full citation]]
Cowley, Abraham
(1618-67). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 172 [full citation]; Nethercot, Abraham Cowley (1931) [full citation]; Loiseau, Abraham Cowley (1931) [full citation]; RLDE 2/18: 1 (1991) [full citation]; DLB 151: 105 (1995) [full citation]]
Cowley, Richard
(1568?-1619). Actor (Strange's 1590-3; Chamberlain's-King's 1598-1619). [ES ii, 312 [full citation]; Nungezer, 105 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 44 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 414 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 45 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 112 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 157 (1993) [full citation]]
Cowper, John
(fl. 1598). Actor (?)(Queen's 1598) (possibly mistake for John Towne?). [REED York, 481 (1979) [full citation]; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981) [full citation]]
Cox, Robert
(1604?-55?). Actor, writer of drolls. [JCS ii, 414; iii, 182 <[full citation]]
Crane, Ralph
(circa1560->1632). Playhouse scribe. [Nungezer, 106 [full citation]; JCS ii, 415 [full citation]]
Cranwigge, James
(fl. 1598). Played 'challenge' at Rose, November 4, 1598. [Nungezer, 107 [full citation]]
Crate, Christopher
(fl. 1649). Actor. [JCS ii, 416 [full citation]]
Crawford, James
(fl. 1617). Actor. [JCS ii, 416 [full citation]]
Crispe, Nicholas
(circa1526?-64) (Cripps). Patron(?) (1558-9). [Dawson, 'Kent', 169 (1965) [full citation]; Bindoff, House of Commons i, 723 (1982) [full citation]]
Crocker, Edward
(fl. 1618). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 142 (1990) [full citation]]
Croft, Sir James, Lord Comptroller
(circa1517-90). Patron (Master Controller's 1574-5). [Bindoff, House of Commons i, 724 (1982) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 439 (1986) [full citation]]
Croker, John
(circa1590?-1625) (Crocker). Boy actor (Chapel). [Eccles, 'Actors I', 39 (1991) [full citation]]
Crome, William
(b.1584; fl. 1632-). Supplier of costumes to players. [JCS ii, 417 [full citation]]
Cromwell, Edward, 4th Baron Cromwell
(circa1560-1607). Patron (Lord Cromwell's 1600). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 36 (1910) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 360 (1984) [full citation]]
Crosse, Nicholas
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 108 [full citation]]
Crosse, Samuel
(b.circa 1568). Actor (Chamberlain's?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 108 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 45 (1991) [full citation]]
Crouse
See Cruso, Aquila.
Crowne, James
(fl. 1573-4). Actor. [REED Devon, 52-3 (1986) [full citation]]
Crowther, Joseph
(circa1610-89) (Crouther, Crowder). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 183 [full citation]; RLDE 1/10: 17 (1982) [full citation]]
Cruso, Aquila
(circa1595-1660). Academic playwright. [ES iii, 270 [full citation]; JCS iii, 185 [full citation]; RLDE 2/14, 6 [full citation]]
Cumber, John
(d.1623). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616-23), playwright(?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 108 [full citation]; JCS ii, 417; iii, 186 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]]
Cumberland, Earl of
See Clifford, George.
Curt (or Curtis)
Actor (King's). Probably Curtis Greville. [JCS ii, 418 [full citation]]
Cutler, James
(>1605). Boy actor (Chapel). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 109 [full citation]]