ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS
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Eades, Richard
See Edes, Richard.
Earle, John
(fl. 1640). Actor (Prince Charles' (II)). [Nungezer, 126 [full citation]; JCS ii, 429 [full citation]]
Eaton, William
(fl. 1622-28). Actor (Prince Charles' (I) 1622). [Nungezer, 126 [full citation]; JCS ii, 429 [full citation]]
Ecclestone, William
(circa1591-1623<) (Eglestone). Actor (King's 1610-11, Lady Elizabeth's 1611-13, King's 1614-23).
[ES ii, 314 [full citation]; Nungezer, 127 [full citation]; JCS ii, 429 [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 454 (1991) [full citation]]
Edes, Richard
(circa1552-1604). Latin playwright, royal entertainment contributor. [ES iii, 309 [full citation]; McGee and Meagher,
'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 127-8 (1981) [full citation]; Sutton, Oxford Poetry by Richard Eedes and George Peele (1995) [full citation]]
Edge, Roger
(b.1590; fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 386 (1990) [full citation]]
Edgecombe, Peter
(circa1536-1608). Patron (1561-8). [Hasler, House of Commons ii, 74 (1981) [full citation]; Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 81 (1982) [full citation]; REED Devon, 483 (1986) [full citation]]
Edmonds, John
(fl. 1604-1619?). Actor (King's?, Queen Anne's 1618-19), sharer. [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's
Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 128 [full citation]; JCS ii, 431 [full citation]]
Edward
(fl. 1613). Boy actor (Lady Elizabeth's). [REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]]
Edwards, John (I)
(1601-1648<) (Edwardes). Playwright. [JCS iii, 291 [full citation]; Phelps, 'John Edwards' (1979) [full citation]]
Edwards, John (II)
(circa1605-1629<). Actor (?) (Netherlands and Germany) (possibly the same as Johann Eydtwartt).
[Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 34 (1959) [full citation]]
Edwards, Rebecca
See Heminges, Rebecca Edwards Knell.
Edwards, Richard
(circa1524-1566) (Edwardes). Playwright, Master of Children. [ES iii, 309 [full citation]; Bradner, Richard Edwards
(1927) [full citation]; Nungezer, 128 [full citation]; Grove vi, 60 (1980) [full citation]; DLB 62: 71 (1987) [full citation]]
Edwards, Thomas
(1567?-1612<). Poet. [Eccles, Authors, 46 (1982) [full citation]]
Eedes, Richard
See Edes, Richard.
Egerton, Alice Spencer Stanley
(circa1555-1637). Sister of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton Sackville and Elizabeth
Spencer Carey Eure; wife of Ferdinando Stanley and Thomas Egerton. [Peerage iv, 212 (1916) [full citation]]
Egerton, Thomas, 1st Viscount Brackley, Lord Chancellor of Ellesmere
(1540-1617). Patron (Lord Chancellor's
1608). (Husband of Alice Spencer Stanley Egerton) [Peerage ii, 271 (1912) [full citation]; Heltzel, 'Sir Thomas Egerton as Patron'
(1948) [full citation]; Seronsy, 'Daniel's Letter to Egerton' (1965) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 80 (1981) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 21 (1992) [full citation]]
Eglestone, William
See Ecclestone, William.
Eichelin
(fl. 1604). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Nungezer, 129 [full citation]]
Elderton, William
(fl. circa 1552-3). Actor; choirmaster at Westminster and Eton. [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Nungezer, 129 [full citation]; Blewitt, 'Winchester and Eton', 139 (1984) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 220 (1996) [full citation]]
Elizabeth I, Queen
(1533-1603). Patron (Queen's 1583-1603), translator. (Cousin of Henry Carey) [ES ii, 104; iii, 311 [full citation];
Pinciss, 'Queen's Men' (1970) [full citation]; Johnson, Elizabeth I (1974) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Elizabeth's Coronation Entry' (1978) [full citation]; Grove vi, 131 (1980) [full citation]; Ridley, Elizabeth I (1987) [full citation]; DLB 136: 85 (1994) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 196 (1996) [full citation]; Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 7 (1996) [full citation]]
Elizabeth, Lady
(1596-1662). Patron (Lady Elizabeth's 1611-25; King and Queen of Bohemia's (aka Lady Elizabeth's)
1626-32). (Daughter of King James I and Queen Anne; wife of Frederick, Elector Palatine; sister of Prince Henry and King Charles I; aunt of King Charles II) [ES ii, 246 [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 394, 438n2 (1996) [full citation]]
Ellam, Brian
(circa1534-93). Carpenter who worked on the Theatre. [Wills, 62 (1993) [full citation]]
Ellis
See Guest, Ellis; Bedowe, Ellis; Worth, Ellis.
Elton, William
(fl. 1633). Actor (Ellis Guest company). [REED York, 593 (1979) [full citation]]
Elward, John
(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6
(1974) [full citation]]
Errington, Richard
(circa1577-1636<). Actor (King's touring 1622-27, Revels 1631-36). [Nungezer, 130 [full citation]; JCS ii, 432 [full citation]]
Essex, Countess of
See Blount, Lettice Knollys Devereaux Dudley.
Essex, Earl of
See Devereaux, Robert; Devereaux, Walter.
Estotville, George
See Stutville, George.
Eure, Elizabeth Spencer Carey
(d.1618). Sister of Anne Spencer Stanley Compton and Alice Spencer Stanley
Egerton; wife of George Carey and Ralph Eure; daughter-in-law of Henry Carey. [Hasler, House of Commons i, 547
(1981) [full citation]]
Eure, Ralph, 3rd Lord Eure, Lord President of the Council in the Marches of Wales
(1558-1617) (Ever(s)). Patron (Lord Eure's 1600-7; Lord President's [aka Lord Eure's] 1607-17). (Husband of Elizabeth Spencer Carey Eure) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 44 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage v, 181 (1926) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 281 (1931) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 217 (1980) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 361 (1984) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 443 (1986) [full citation]; REED Heref./Worc, 620 (1990) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 375 (1991) [full citation]; REED Shropshire,
710 (1994) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 57, 994 (1996) [full citation]]
Evans, Henry
(circa1543-1608). Manager of Blackfriars Boys. (Father-in-law of Alexander Hawkins) [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Nungezer, 132 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 11 (1962) [full citation]; Smith, 'Personnel', 444 (1978) [full citation]; Forse, 'Extortion' (1990) [full citation]]
Evans, Thomas
(fl. 1608). Blackfriars lessee. [ES ii, 315 [full citation]]
Evelyn, George
(1530-1603). Patron(?). [ES ii, 117 [full citation]]
Ever(s), Lord
See Eure, Ralph.
Eveseed, Henry (I)
(d.1614). Chorister in Chapel Royal (<1585). (Father of Henry Eveseed (II) (?)) [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Nungezer, 132 [full citation]]
Eveseed, Henry (II)
(d.1627). Singer. (Son of Henry Eveseed (I)?) [Nungezer, 132 [full citation]; Wills, 155 (1993) [full citation]]
Eydwartt, Johann
(fl. 1627). Actor (Germany) (possibly the same as John Edwards (II)). [Nungezer, 132 [full citation]; JCS ii, 432 [full citation]]
Eyton, William
See Eaton, William.