ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS
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Dab
(fl. 1598). Boy actor (Admiral's). [Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 53 (1931) [full citation]]
Daborne, Robert
(d.1628) (Dauborne, Daubourne, Dawborne). Playwright, sharer. [ES ii, 418; iii, 270 [full citation]; Flood, 'Fennor
and Daborne' (1925) [full citation]; Nungezer, 109 [full citation]; JCS iii, 190 [full citation]; Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62) [full citation]; Maxwell, 'Daborne's Extant Plays' (1971) [full citation]; Holloway, 'Robert Daborne' (1976) [full citation]; Lawless, 'Daborne, Senior' (1977) [full citation]; Lawless, 'New Light' (1979) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 28 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 58: 50 (1987) [full citation]]
Dambrooke, Sarah
(d.1624). Possibly widow of John Shanbrooke; friend of John Shank. [Wills, 140 (1993) [full citation]]
Damler, Artus
(fl. 1579-88) (Arthur?). Musician, actor(?) (Denmark). [Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 120-23 (1969) [full citation]]
Damport, Edward
(fl. 1633). Actor. [Nungezer, 110 [full citation]; JCS ii, 418 [full citation]]
Daniel, Edward
See Danyelle, Edward.
Daniel, John
(1564-1626) (Danyel). Musician, manager (Queen's Children of Bristol 1615-26). (Brother of Samuel
Daniel) [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 110 [full citation]; JCS ii, 419 [full citation]; Lancashire, 'Nottinghamshire', 20 (1977) [full citation]; Grove v, 233 (1980) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 403 (1996) [full citation]]
Daniel, Samuel
(circa1562-1619). Playwright, sharer, masque writer. (Brother of John Daniel) [ES iii, 272 [full citation]; Nungezer, 110 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Samuel Daniel in France and Italy' (1937) [full citation]; Hotson, 'Marigold of the Poets' (1938) [full citation]; Heltzel, 'Sir Thomas Egerton as Patron' (1948) [full citation]; Seronsy, 'Daniel's Panegyricke' (1953) [full citation]; Rees, 'Daniel and Hertford' (1958) [full citation]; Taylor, 'Masque and the Lance', 26 (1958) [full citation]; Rees, Samuel Daniel (1964) [full citation]; Seronsy, 'Daniel's Letter to Egerton' (1965) [full citation]; Seronsy, Samuel Daniel (1967) [full citation]; Spriet, Samuel Daniel (1969) [full citation]; Pitcher, 'Samuel Daniel' (1984) [full citation]; DLB 62: 30 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 116 (1993) [full citation]]
Daniel, William
(fl. 1621-36). Actor (provincial). [Nungezer, 111 [full citation]; JCS ii, 420 [full citation]]
Danner, John
See John Daunce. [Nungezer, 111 [full citation]; JCS ii, 421 [full citation]]
Danyel, John
See Daniel, John.
Danyelle, Edward
(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire',
6 (1974) [full citation]]
Darbie, Richard
(fl. 1602). Actor (possibly same as Richard Darlowe). [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 99 (1926) [full citation];
Nungezer, 111 [full citation]]
Darcy, John, 2nd Baron Darcy
(circa1530-1602). Patron (Lord Darcy's 1577-79, 1589-1602). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 37 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage iv, 76 (1916) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 169 (1965) [full citation]; Greenfield, 'Entertainments of
Henry, Lord Berkeley', 16 (1983) [full citation]; Alexander, 'Bath', 5 (1985) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 4-5 (1989) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 11 (1992) [full citation]; REED Shropshire, 700 (1994) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 15, 992 (1996) [full citation]]
Darcy, Thomas, Baron Darcy of Chiche
(circa1565-1640). Patron(?). [Peerage iv, 79 (1916) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 169 (1965) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 15, 992 (1996) [full citation]]
Darlowe, Richard
(1560?-1599) (Darloe). Actor (at Fortune 1590; France 1598?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 99 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 112 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 45 (1931) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 45 (1991) [full citation]]
D'Aunay, Josias
See Floridor, Josias.
Daunce, John
(fl. 1628). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1628). [JCS ii, 421 [full citation]]
Dausse, Robert
See Dawes, Robert.
Davenant, Sir William
(1606-68). Playwright, theatrical manager. [Nungezer, 112 [full citation]; JCS ii, 421; iii, 193 [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies' (1965) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling' (1968) [full citation]; Gibbs, Sir William Davenant (1972) [full citation]; Grove v, 259 (1980) [full citation]; Bordinat and Blaydes, Sir William Davenant (1981) [full citation]; DLB 58: 59 (1987) [full citation]; Edmond, Rare Sir William Davenant (1987) [full citation]; DLB 126: 87 (1993) [full citation]; Wills, 235 (1993) [full citation]]
Davenport, Edward
(fl. 1639). Actor (Cockpit). [JCS ii, 422 [full citation]]
Davenport, Robert
(fl. 1624-40) (Damport). Playwright. [Harbage, 'Elizabethan-Restoration Palimpsest', 310 (1940) [full citation];
McManaway, 'Latin Title-Page Mottoes' (1945) [full citation]; JCS iii, 225 [full citation]; Monie, City Night-Cap, v-vii (1979) [full citation]; Davis, King John and Matilda (1980) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 36 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 58: 73 (1987) [full citation]]
Davidson, John
(1549?-1603). Playwright. [ES iii, 283 [full citation]]
Davies, Hugh
(d.1608; fl. 1593-1608) (Davis). Actor(?), tenant of Henslowe. [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 114 [full citation]; Wills, 76
(1993) [full citation]]
Davies, Matthew
(fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 386 (1990) [full citation]]
Davies, Sir John
(1569-1626). Masque writer, royal entertainment contributor. [ES iii, 284 [full citation]; Sanderson, Sir John Davies
(1975) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 22 (1981) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 134-5, 143, 147-51, 153 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 36 (1982) [full citation]; Pawlisch, Sir John Davies (1985) [full citation]; Colthorpe, 'Sir John Davies' (1986) [full citation]; DLB 172: 53 (1996) [full citation]]
Davies, R
(fl. circa1610). Writer. [ES iii, 284 [full citation]]
Davis, Hugh
See Davies, Hugh.
Davis, Richard
(fl. 1611). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 356 (1990) [full citation]]
Davison, Francis
(circa1575-circa1619). Masque writer. [ES iii, 284 [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 132 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 39 (1982) [full citation]]
Dawes, Robert
(d.1615). Actor (Prince Charles' (I) 1613; Lady Elizabeth's 1614-15), playwright(?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 114 [full citation]; JCS ii, 422; iii, 238 [full citation]; Kincaid, 'Deciphered' (1972) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 45 (1991) [full citation]]
Dawson, John
(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 115 [full citation]]
Day, John (I)
(circa1574-circa1640) (Daye, Dey, Deye). Playwright. [ES iii, 284 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Schoenbaum, 'John Day' (1953) [full citation]; JCS iii, 238 [full citation]; Wren, 'Salisbury and the Blackfriars Theatre' (1970) [full citation]; DLB 62: 40 (1987) [full citation]]
Day, John (II)
(fl. 1600-04). Actor (same as the playwright?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation];
Nungezer, 115 [full citation]; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949) [full citation]]
Day, Thomas (I)
(circa1590?-1642<). Boy actor (Chapel), Master of Choristers in Westminster. [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 115 [full citation]; JCS ii, 422 [full citation]; Woodfill, Musicians, 170, 185, 301-5 (1953) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 15 (1966) [full citation]; Elliott, 'Plays at Christ Church' (1985) [full citation]; Limon, 'Neglected Evidence', 7 (1988) [full citation]]
Day, Thomas (II)
(fl. 1648). Actor. [JCS ii, 422 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]
De Caine, Andrew
See Cane, Andrew.
De Keyser, Henrik
See Keyser, Henrik de.
Dekker, Thomas
(circa1572-1632). Playwright [ES iii, 289 [full citation]; Halstead, 'Dekker's Arrest' (1939) [full citation]; Jenkins, 'Chettle and Dekker' (1941) [full citation]; Howarth, 'Dekker not a Merchant Taylor' (1954) [full citation]; JCS iii, 241 [full citation]; Ruoff, 'Dekker's Dedication' (1957) [full citation];
Jones-Davies, Peintre (1958) [full citation]; Freeman, 'Authorship of The Tell-Tale' (1963) [full citation]; Hoeniger, 'Thomas Dekker' (1963) [full citation]; Pendry, Thomas Dekker, 1-9 (1967) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 605 (1971) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 42 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 62: 45
(1987) [full citation]; DLB 172: 62 (1996) [full citation]]
De Lau, Hurfries
See Law, Hurfries de.
De La Warr, Lord
See West, Thomas.
Deloney, Thomas
(circa1543-circa1600). Writer, entertainment describer. [ES iii, 305 [full citation]; Lawlis, Novels of Thomas Deloney
(1961) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 114-5 (1981) [full citation]; Wright, Thomas Deloney (1981) [full citation]; DLB 167: 41
(1996) [full citation]]
Denham, Sir John
(1615-1669). Poet, playwright, translator. [JCS iii, 275 [full citation]; Hehir, Harmony from Discords (1968) [full citation]; Legouis, 'Sir John Denham' (1971) [full citation]; Berry, 'Sir John Denham at Law' (1974) [full citation]; Kelliher, 'John Denham' (1986) [full citation]; DLB 58,:80 (1987) [full citation]; DLB 126: 97 (1993) [full citation]]
Denny, Mr
(fl. 1568-69). Patron (1568-9). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 83 (1910) [full citation]]
Derby, Earl of
See Stanley, Henry; Stanley, Ferdinando; Stanley, James; Stanley, William.
De Rue, John
(fl. 1616). French rope dancer. [REED Norwich, 150 (1984) [full citation]]
Detre, Simon
(fl. 1585-90). Musician, actor(?) (Denmark). [Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 120-23 (1969) [full citation]]
de Vere, John
See Vere, John de.
de Vere, Edward
See Vere, Edward de.
Devereaux, Robert, 2nd (19th) Earl of Essex
(1565-1601). Patron (Viscount Hereford's 1578-9; Essex's 1582-96), possibly masque writer. (Son of Walter Devereaux and Lettice Knollys Devereaux Dudley Blount) [ES ii, 102; iii, 306 [full citation]; Peerage v, 141 (1926) [full citation]; Harrison, Robert Devereaux (1937) [full citation]; Lacey, Robert, Earl of Essex (1971) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 139-40 (1981) [full citation]; DLB 136: 67 (1994) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 170, 178 (1996) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 2, 994 (1996) [full citation]]
Devereaux, Walter, 1st (18th) Earl of Essex
(1541-76). Patron (Essex's 1572-76). (Father of Robert Devereaux; husband of Lettice Knollys Devereaux Dudley Blount) [Peerage v, 140 (1926) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 442 (1986) [full citation]; ES ii, 102 [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 169, 178 (1996) [full citation]]
'Dick, E. Dutton's Boy'
(fl. 1597). Boy actor (Admiral's 1597). [Nungezer, 116 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 53 (1931) [full citation]]
Dickinson, Thomas
See Dycconson, Thomas.
Digby, Sir Kenelm
(1603-65). Translator(?). [JCS iii, 279 [full citation]; Petersson, Sir Kenelm Digby (1956) [full citation]]
Distle
(fl. 1601-35) (Distley, Dishley). Actor (Lord Dudley's 1616-30). [JCS ii, 423 [full citation]; Nungezer, 116 [full citation]; Stone, 'Companies of Players', 23-5 (1959) [full citation]; REED York, 593 (1979) [full citation]; George, 'Jacobean Actors', 112-13 (1983) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 9
(1985) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 51 (1988) [full citation]; Coman, 'Congleton Accounts', 7 (1989) [full citation]]
Dixon, Thomas
(fl. 1620-26). Failed theatrical speculator. [JCS ii, 423 [full citation]]
Dob
(fl. 1598-1601). Actor (Admiral's). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 116 [full citation]]
Dobson, John
(fl. 1626). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626). [Nungezer, 116 [full citation]; JCS ii, 423 [full citation]]
Dodd, William
(fl. 1597-1602). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 306 [full citation]]
Dorman, John
(fl. 1620) (Dowman). Acrobat. [REED Norwich, 162, 173 (1984) [full citation]]
Dorset, Earl of
See Sackville, Edward.
Doughton, Thomas
See Downton, Thomas.
Dover
(fl. 1607). Actor. (may be Anthony Dover) [McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 160 (1968) [full citation]]
Dover, Anthony
(fl. 1634-5). Actor, wardrobe keeper. [Nungezer, 117 [full citation]; JCS ii, 425 [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early
Entertainments', 160 (1968) [full citation]]
Dowland, John
(1563-1626). Musician for plays and entertainments, composer. (Father of Robert Dowland) [Poulton, John Dowland (1972) [full citation]; Ward, 'Dowland Miscellany' (1977) [full citation]]
Dowland, Robert
(fl. 1613-23) (Dulandt). Musician in court masque and in Germany. (Son of John Dowland) [ES ii,
314 [full citation]; Nungezer, 122 [full citation]; JCS ii, 429 [full citation]; Poulton, John Dowland (1972) [full citation]]
Dowle, Rowland
(b.1613; fl. 1631-8). Actor (King's). [Nungezer, 117 [full citation]; JCS ii, 425 [full citation]]
Dowman, John
See Dorman, John.
'Downton's boy'
(fl. 1600-2). Boy actor (Admiral's). [Nungezer, 120 [full citation]]
Downton, Thomas (I)
(d.1625). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1592-1618). (Father of Thomas
Downton (II)) [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 117 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 54 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 426 [full citation]; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I' (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 146 (1993) [full citation]]
Downton, Thomas (II)
(b. 1606; fl. 1628-35). Actor (provincial). (Son of Thomas Downton (I)) [JCS ii, 426 [full citation]]
Drayton, Michael
(circa1563-1631). Playwright, sharer. [ES iii, 306 [full citation]; Nungezer, 120 [full citation]; Tillotson, 'Drayton and the Gooderes' (1940) [full citation]; Newdigate, Michael Drayton (1941/61) [full citation]; Shapiro, 'Drayton at Polesworth' (1949) [full citation]; Taylor, 'Drayton and the Countess of Bedford' (1952) [full citation]; Whitfield, 'Clifford Chambers' (1965) [full citation]; Brink, Michael Drayton Revisited (1990) [full citation]; DLB 121: 97 (1992) [full citation]]
Drewe, Bartholomew
(fl. 1614). Actor, musician(?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 120 [full citation]; JCS ii, 427 [full citation]]
Drewe, Thomas
(circa1586-1623<) (Drue, Drew). Actor (Queen Anne's 1613-18); playwright. [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 121 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]; McManaway, 'Latin Title-Page Mottoes', 34 (1945) [full citation]; JCS ii, 427; iii, 280 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]; Schoenbaum, Bloody Banquet (1962) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 46 (1991) [full citation]]
Drington, Richard
See Errington, Richard.
Drom, Thomas
(b. 1583; fl. 1601). Actor (Admiral's 1601). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 121 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 54 (1931) [full citation]]
Drue, Thomas
See Drewe, Thomas.
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden
(1585-1649). Poet, writer for royal entertainment. [JCS iii, 287 [full citation]; Fogle, Critical Study (1952) [full citation]; Macdonald, William Drummond, ix-xvii (1976) [full citation]; DLB 121: 110 (1992) [full citation]]
Drury, William
(fl. 1616-41). Latin playwright. [JCS iii, 290 [full citation]]
Dudley, Ambrose, 1st (21st) Earl of Warwick
(circa1528-90). Patron (Lord Ambrose Dudley's 1559-61; Warwick's (aka Lord Ambrose Dudley's) 1562-82). (Brother of Robert Dudley; uncle of Sir Philip Sidney and Robert Sidney; son-in-law of Francis Russell) [ES ii, 97 [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 400 (1959) [full citation]; Blackstone, 'Patrons Calendar', 8 (1981) [full citation]; Haynes, White Bear (1987) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 171, 181 (1996) [full citation]]
Dudley, Sir Andrew
(d.1559). Patron(?) (1559). ('Lord Andrewe Dudley' probably a mistake for 'Lord Ambrose
Dudley') [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 83 (1910) [full citation]]
Dudley, Lord
See Sutton, Edward.
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester
(circa1532-88). Patron (Lord Robert Dudley's 1558-64, Leicester's 1564-88).
(Brother of Ambrose Dudley; husband of Lettice Knollys Devereaux Dudley Blount; stepfather of Robert Devereaux; uncle of Sir Philip Sidney, Robert Sidney, and Mary Sidney Herbert) [ES ii, 85 [full citation]; Peerage vii, 549 (1929) [full citation]; Strong and van Dorsten, Leicester's Triumph (1964) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 61 (1981) [full citation]; Haynes, White Bear (1987) [full citation]; MacLean, 'Leicester and the Evelyns' (1988) [full citation]; MacLean, 'Politics' (1993) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 185 (1996) [full citation]; Axton, 'Robert Dudley' (1970) [full citation]]
Dugdale, Gilbert
(fl. circa1604). Writer. [ES iii, 308 [full citation]]
Duke, John
(d.1613). Actor (Strange's circa1590; Chamberlain's 1598; Worcester's 1602-3; Queen Anne's 1604-09. [ES
ii, 314 [full citation]; Nungezer, 121 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 45 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 428 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 47 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 230 (1993) [full citation]]
Dulandt, Robert.
See Dowland, Robert.
Dunstall, James
See Tunstall, James.
Dunstan, James
See Tunstall, James.
Dunstone, James
See Tunstall, James.
Durand, Lord
(fl. 1591-2). Patron (1591-2). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 83 (1910) [full citation]]
Dutlandt, Robert.
See Dowland, Robert.
Dutton, Edward
(fl. 1597-1611). Actor (Admiral's 1597-1602). [ES ii, 314 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 123 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]; Ingram, 'Globe Playhouse', 70 (1984) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 47 (1991) [full citation]]
Dutton, John (I)
(circa1548-1614). Actor (Warwick's 1575-80; Oxford's 1580; Queen's 1583-92). (Brother of Laurence
Dutton) [ES ii, 314 [full citation]; Nungezer, 123 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 48 (1991) [full citation]; Mann, 'Sir Oliver Owlet's Men', 306-7 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 230 (1993) [full citation]; Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981) [full citation]]
Dutton, John (II)
(fl. 1598-1602). Playwright(?). (same as above?) [ES iii, 308 [full citation]]
Dutton, Laurence
(fl. 1571-96). Actor (Lane's 1571-2; Lincoln's 1573; Clinton's 1574; Warwick's 1575-80; Oxford's
1580; Queen's 1583-91). (Brother of John Dutton (I)) [ES ii, 314 [full citation]; Nungezer, 124 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 48 (1991) [full citation]; Mann, 'Sir Oliver Owlet's Men', 306-7 (1991) [full citation]; Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981) [full citation]]
'Dwarf Bob'
(fl. 1614). Actor. [Kincaid, 'Deciphered' (1972) [full citation]]
Dycconson, Thomas
(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974) [full citation]]
Dymmocke, John
(fl. circa 1601). Translator(?). [ES iii, 309 [full citation]]