ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS


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Falkland, Viscountess

See Cary, Elizabeth Tanfield.

Fane, Mildmay, 2nd (8th) Earl of Westmorland

(1602-1666). Playwright. [Harbage, 'Unnoted Caroline Dramatist' (1934) [full citation]; JCS iii, 292 [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 567 (1959) [full citation]; Cain, 'Robert Herrick' (1984) [full citation]]

Farrant, Richard

(circa 1525/30-1580; fl. 1553-80). Master of Children, entrepreneur, playwright(?). (Son-in-law of Richard Bower) [Lawrence, 'Earliest Private-Theater Play' (1921). ES iii, 311 [full citation]; Nungezer, 133 [full citation]; Grove vi, 406 (1980) [full citation]; Wills, 47 (1993) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 223 (1996) [full citation]]

Fasshauer, John

(circa1601-59). Actor (Germany). [Ludvik, 'Chronologie und Topographie', 60 (1975) [full citation]]

Faulkner, Thomas

(fl. 1626-46). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 432 [full citation]]

Felle, William

(fl. circa 1590s). Actor(?). [Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 64 (1979) [full citation]]

Fenn, Ezekiel

(1620-1639<). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1635-6, Beeston's Boys 1637-9). [Nungezer, 133 [full citation]; JCS ii, 433 [full citation]; Streett, 'Durability' (1973) [full citation]]

Fennor, William

(fl. 1614-18). Writer/jester. [Flood, 'Fennor and Daborne' (1925) [full citation]; Taylor, 'Third Earl of Pembroke', 59 (1955) [full citation]]

Ferebe, George

(b.circa 1573). Writer of royal entertainments. [ES iii, 312 [full citation]]

Fermedo, Sir Cornelius

(circa1600-38). Playwright. [JCS iii, 465 [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 48 (1982) [full citation]]

Ferrabosco, Alfonso

(1543-88). Musician, actor. [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Nungezer, 134 [full citation]; Grove vi, 478 (1980) [full citation]; Charteris, 'Alfonso Ferrabosco' (1981) [full citation]; Charteris, 'Autographs of Alfonso Ferrabosco' (1982) [full citation]]

Ferrers, George

(circa1510-79). Playwright, royal entertainment contributor. [ES iii, 312 [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 113 (1981) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 92 (1981) [full citation]]

Ferret, James

(fl. 1635). Actor at Norwich. [Nungezer, 134 [full citation]; JCS ii, 434 [full citation]]

Ferris, David

(fl. 1629). Actor at Reading. [Nungezer, 134 [full citation]; JCS ii, 434 [full citation]]

Fetherston, William

(fl. 1612). Actor. [ES ii, 316 [full citation]; Nungezer, 134 [full citation]]

Fidge, William

(fl. 1571-1634). Bought playbooks. [ES ii, 316 [full citation]; Nungezer, 134 [full citation]; Wills, 176 (1993) [full citation]]

Field, Henry (I)

(1594?-1641). Musician at Blackfriars. [Cutts, 'New Findings', 106n14 (1966) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 21, 26 (1966) [full citation]]

Field, Henry (II)

(fl. 1635). Actor at Norwich (same as preceding?). [Nungezer, 135 [full citation]; JCS ii, 434 [full citation]; cf. William Field.]

Field, Nathan

(1587-circa1620). Actor (Chapel Children 1600-11, Lady Elizabeth's 1611-16, King's 1616-20), playwright, sharer. [ES ii, 316; iii, 313 [full citation]; Brinkley, Nathan Field (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 135 [full citation]; Peery, 'Nathan Field's Dates' (1946) [full citation]; Peery, Plays of Nathan Field, 3-25 (1950) [full citation]; JCS ii, 434; iii, 299 [full citation]; Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62) [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 161 (1968) [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 293 (1969) [full citation]; Tricomi, 'Revised Bussy D'Ambois' (1979) [full citation]; Tricomi, 'Two Letters', 246 (1980) [full citation]; DLB 58: 86 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 231 (1993) [full citation]]

Finch, Mr

(fl. 1560-2). Patron. [Dawson, 'Kent', 170 (1965) [full citation]]

Finch, Robert

(fl. 1615) (ffintche). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's). (read by Bentley as 'Fintrye') [JCS ii, 437 [full citation]; REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]]

Fintrye, Robert.

See Finch, Robert.

Fisher, Jasper

(1591-<1639). Playwright(?). [JCS iii, 303 [full citation]]

Fisher, John

(fl. 1622). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 141 [full citation]; JCS ii, 437 [full citation]]

Fitzalan, Henry, 12th (24th) Earl of Arundel

(1512-80). Patron (Arundel's 1560-2). (Father of Jane Fitzalan Lumley; father-in-law of Thomas Howard (I) and John Lumley; grandfather of Philip Howard and Thomas Howard (II)) [Peerage i, 250 (1910) [full citation]; ES ii, 116 [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 164 (1965) [full citation]]

Fitzalan, Jane

See Lumley, Jane Fitzalan.

FitzJames, Sir James

(circa1520-79). Patron (1575-77). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 83 (1910) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 171 (1965) [full citation]; REED Devon, 486 (1986) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 50, 994 (1996) [full citation]]

Fletcher, John

(1579-1625). Playwright. (Cousin of Phineas Fletcher) [ES iii, 314 [full citation]; JCS iii, 305 [full citation]; Hoy, 'Fletcher and His Collaborators' (1956-62) [full citation]; Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 508 (1971) [full citation]; Squier, John Fletcher (1986) [full citation]; DLB 58: 3 (1987) [full citation]; Taunton, 'John Fletcher?' (1990) [full citation]; Taunton, 'Biography' (1994) [full citation]; McMullan, Politics of Unease (1994) [full citation]]

Fletcher, Lawrence

(d.1608; fl. 1595-1605). Actor (Scotland 1595; King's 1603-5). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 141 [full citation]; Fergusson, Man Behind Macbeth, 13-21 (1969) [full citation]]

Fletcher, Richard

(fl. 1579-92). Actor(?). [Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men', 132 (1974) [full citation]; Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 61 (1979) [full citation]]

Fletcher, Phineas

(1582-1650). Playwright. (Cousin of John Fletcher) [ES iii, 315 [full citation]; Langdale, Phineas Fletcher (1937) [full citation]; Langdale, 'Phineas Fletcher's Marriage' (1939) [full citation]; Berry, 'Phineas Fletcher' (1960) [full citation]; Kastor, Giles and Phineas Fletcher (1978) [full citation]; DLB 121: 134 (1992) [full citation]]

Floridor, Josias

(fl. 1635-6). French actor. [Nungezer, 143 [full citation]; JCS ii, 437 [full citation]]

Flower

(fl. 1600). Actor (but possibly a forgery). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 144 [full citation]]

Flower, Francis

(d.1596). Writer for royal entertainment. [ES iii, 315 [full citation]; Ramel, 'Biographical Notices', 464 (1967) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 141 (1981) [full citation]; Tighe, 'Francis Flower' (1985) [full citation]]

Ford, John

(1586-circa1639). Playwright. [ES iii, 315 [full citation]; Sargeaunt, John Ford (1935); Harbage, 'Elizabethan-Restoration Palimpsest', 297 (1940) [full citation]; JCS iii, 433 [full citation]; Davril, Drame de John Ford (1954) [full citation]; Howarth, 'John Ford' (1957) [full citation]; Leech, John Ford (1957) [full citation]; Huebert, 'John Ford's Hand' (1971) [full citation]; Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 795 (1971) [full citation]; Anderson, John Ford (1972) [full citation]; Orbison, Tragic Vision (1974) [full citation]; Duncan-Jones, 'Ford and the Earl of Devonshire' (1978) [full citation]; DLB 58: 91 (1987) [full citation]; Foster, Elegy by W.S., 183 (1989) [full citation]; Hopkins, John Ford's Political Theatre (1994) [full citation]; Moore, 'John Ford's Baptism' (1994) [full citation]]

Forman, Simon

(circa1553-1611). Physician, magician, astrologer; theatergoer, associate of theater people. [Rowse, Simon Forman (1974) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman' (1993) [full citation]]

Formido, Sir Cornelius

See Fermedo, Sir Cornelius.

Forsett, Edward

(circa1553-circa1630). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 316 [full citation]; Smith, 'Authorship of Pedantius' (1953) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 145 (1981) [full citation]; RLDE 2/9 (1989) [full citation]]

Fortescue, Sir Andrew

(fl. 1560-1). Patron (1560-1). [REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 443 (1986) [full citation]]

Fortescue, Sir Henry

(circa1515-76). Patron (1560-8). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 84 (1910) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 218 (1980) [full citation]; Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 158 (1982) [full citation]; REED Devon, 487 (1986) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 257, 995 (1996) [full citation]]

Fortescue, Sir John

(1533-1607). Patron (Mr. Fortescue's(?) 1560-2, Master of the Queen's Wardrobe's 1570). [Dawson, 'Kent', 171 (1965) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 148 (1981) [full citation]; REED Devon, 487 (1986) [full citation]; Forse, 'Extortion', 167 (1990) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 995 (1996) [full citation]]

Fortescue, Richard

(circa1517-70). Patron (1560-1, 1562-5(?)). [Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 159 (1982) [full citation]; REED Devon, 487 (1986) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 995 (1996) [full citation]]

Fortescue, Sir William

(fl. 1566-67). Patron (1567). [Redstone, 'Ipswich', 264 (1931) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 218 (1980) [full citation]]

Foster, Alexander

(fl. 1611-28). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611-18). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 144 [full citation]; JCS ii, 437 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 454 (1991) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91-2 (1984) [full citation]]

Foster, Sir Henry

(fl. 1566-67). Patron (1567). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 84 (1910) [full citation]]

Fouch, Richard

(fl. 1631). Actor (Prince Charles' (II)). [Nungezer, 145 [full citation]; JCS ii, 439 [full citation]]

Fowler, Richard

(d.1643). Actor (Palsgrave's 1618-24; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). [Nungezer, 145 [full citation]; JCS ii, 439 [full citation]]

Fox, William

(fl. 1561). Paul's chorister. [Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 25 (1970) [full citation]]

Fraunce, Abraham

(circa1558-1633<). Playwright, translator, actor. [ES iii, 316 [full citation]; Buxton, Sir Philip Sidney (1954) [full citation]; RLDE 2/13: 29 (1991) [full citation]]

Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (Lord Palsgrave)

(1596-1632). Patron (Palatine's (aka Palsgrave's) 1613-24; King and Queen of Bohemia's 1626-31). (Husband of Lady Elizabeth; son-in-law of King James I and Queen Anne; brother-in-law of King Charles I) [ES ii, 134 [full citation]; Lancashire, 'Nottinghamshire', 20 (1977) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 248, 438n.2 (1996) [full citation]]

Freeman, Sir Ralph

(circa1590-1667). Playwright. [JCS iii, 468 [full citation]]

Freyerbott, Bartholomeus

(fl. 1615). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 146 [full citation]]

Frith, Mary

(circa1575?-circa1645?) (alias Markham, alias Moll Cutpurse). Actress(?). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 146 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Early Plays in English', 148 (1976) [full citation]; Mulholland, 'The Roaring Girl' (1977) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Mary Frith' (1985) [full citation]]

Frost, John

(fl. 1601-34). Boy actor (Chapel), singer in masques. [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 146 [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 15 (1966) [full citation]; Limon, 'Neglected Evidence', 7 (1988) [full citation]]

Fulbeck, William

(1560-1603?). Writer for royal entertainment. [ES iii, 317 [full citation]; DLB 172: 91 (1996) [full citation]]

Fulcis, Thomas

(d.1594). Actor. [Bentley, 'St. Giles Cripplegate', 802 (1929) [full citation]]

Fuller, Thomas

(1608-61). Playwright. [Addison, Worthy Dr. Fuller (1951) [full citation]; Wood, 'Thomas Fuller's Oxford Interlude' (1954) [full citation]]

Fulwell, Ulpian

(circa1545-circa1586). Playwright. [ES iii, 317 [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 51 (1982) [full citation]; Buchanan, Ars Adulandi, iv-xix (1984) [full citation]]