ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS


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Gager, William

(1555-1622). Playwright. [ES iii, 317 [full citation]; Tucker Brooke, 'William Gager' (1951) [full citation]; RLDE 1/1: 5 (1981) [full citation]; Sutton, William Gager (1994) [full citation]]

Galt, Jeronimo

(fl. 1616). French rope dancer. [REED Norwich, 150 (1984) [full citation]]

Gamble, John

(fl. 1624). Playhouse musician; apprentice of Ambrose Beeland. [Cutts, 'New Findings', 102 (1966) [full citation]]

Garatt

(fl. 1605). Fool (Prince Henry's). [Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts', 12 (1987) [full citation]]

Garfield, Benjamin

(fl. 1650). Playwright. [JCS iv, 471 [full citation]]

Garland, John

(d.1624). Actor (Queen's 1583-98; Lennox's 1604; Duke of York's 1610-14). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 146 [full citation]; REED York, 481 (1979) [full citation]; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II' (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 141 (1993) [full citation]]

Garlick

(fl. 1610-15). Actor at Fortune. [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 147 [full citation]]

Garnett, Jasper

(circa1586-1625<). Playwright. [JCS iv, 472 [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 188-98, 235-8 (1986) [full citation]]

Garret, John

(fl. 1619). Actor (Queen Anne's). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 148 [full citation]]

Garter, Bernard

(circa1533-1601<). Entertainment contributor. [ES, iii, 319 [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 100-2 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 54 (1982) [full citation]]

Garter, Thomas

(fl. 1569). Playwright. [ES, iii, 319 [full citation]]

Gary, Giles

(fl. 1609-1613) (Cary, Carie, Carey). Boy actor (Queen's Revels 1609-13). [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 85 [full citation]; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 161 (1968) [full citation]; Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985) [full citation]]

Gascoigne, George

(circa1535-1577). Translator, playwright, masque writer, writer of royal entertainments. (Stepfather of Nicholas Breton) [ES, iii, 320 [full citation]; Prouty, George Gascoigne (1942) [full citation]; Feldman, 'Playwrights and Pike-Trailers' (1953) [full citation]; Brooks, 'Burial Place of George Gascoigne' (1954) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 145 (1971) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 17 (1972) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 171 (1981) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 88-94 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 55 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 136: 127 (1994) [full citation]]

Gascoigne, Sir John

(circa1510-68) (Gaskens). Patron (1566-7). [Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 105 (1974) [full citation]; Bindoff, House of Commons ii, 193 (1982) [full citation]]

Gascoigne, William (I)

(fl. 1589). Actor (Admiral's 1589). (same as below? or his father?) [Nungezer, 150 [full citation]]

Gascoigne, William (II)

(fl. 1624-41) (Gascoyne). Attendant for King's (1624-31). [Nungezer, 150 [full citation]; JCS ii, 440 [full citation]]

Gaskens, Sir John

See Gascoigne, Sir John.

Gedion

(fl. 1602). Actor (Admiral's). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 153 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]]

Gellius, Gedeon

(fl. 1650). Actor (Germany). [JCS ii, 441 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 88-90 (1960) [full citation]]

'George'

Actor. [JCS ii, 441 [full citation]]

George, Francis

(fl. 1601). Actor (Admiral's?). [Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993) [full citation]]

George, John

(fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 385 (1990) [full citation]]

Gerdler, Adam

(fl. 1635-7). Actor. [Nungezer, 150 [full citation]; JCS ii, 441 [full citation]; Stone, 'Companies of Players', 26 (1959) [full citation]; Butler, 'Provincial Masque', 159 (1986) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 56 (1988) [full citation]]

Gerdler, John

(fl. 1636). Actor(?). [Butler, 'Provincial Masque', 159 (1986) [full citation]]

'Gerry'

(d.1607). Associated with Whitefriars playhouse. [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 151 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 211 (1985) [full citation]]

Gew

(fl. 1598-9). Actor(?). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 151 [full citation]]

Gibbes, George

See George Giles. [Nungezer, 152 [full citation]; JCS ii, 441 [full citation]]

Gibborne, Thomas

See Gilborne, Thomas.

Gibbs

(fl. 1602). Actor (Admiral's 1602). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 152 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]]

Gibbs, Anthony

(fl. 1622-28) (Gibes, Gibs). Actor (Revels 1622, Ellis Guest 1628). [Nungezer, 152 [full citation]; JCS ii, 441 [full citation]]

Gibbs, Edward

(fl. 1634-43). Actor/fencer (Revels 1634, Cockpit 1639). [JCS ii, 442 [full citation]]

Gibbs, Robert

(fl. 1622-48). Actor. [JCS ii, 442 [full citation]]

Gibson

(fl. 1624). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's?). [JCS ii, 442 [full citation]]

Gibson, H

(fl. 1632). Actor. [Nungezer, 152 [full citation]; JCS ii, 443 [full citation]]

Gideon

See Gedion.

Gilbourne, Thomas

(d.1627) (Gibborne). Sharer (new Fortune 1624). [Nungezer, 152 [full citation]; JCS ii, 443 [full citation]; Wills, 155 (1993) [full citation]]

Gilburne, Samuel

(fl. 1605). Actor (King's 1605). [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Nungezer, 153 [full citation]; JCS ii, 443 [full citation]]

'Giles's boy'

(fl. 1602). Boy actor (Admiral's). [Nungezer, 154 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]]

Giles, George

(fl. 1628-34). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628). [JCS ii, 443 [full citation]]

Giles, Gideon

See Gellius, Gedeon.

Giles, Nathaniel

(circa1558-1634). Musician, composer, choirmaster. [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Nungezer, 153 [full citation]; Wills, 171 [full citation]; Grove vii, 375 (1980) [full citation]; Smith, 'Nathaniel Giles' (1980) [full citation]; Forse, 'Extortion' (1990) [full citation]]

Giles, Thomas (I)

(d.1583; fl. 1571-77). Costumer for Revels office. [Wills, 53 (1993) [full citation]]

Giles, Thomas (II)

(d.1600). Master of Paul's Boys (1584-1600). [Nungezer, 153 [full citation]; Hillebrand, 158 (1926) [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 15 (1962) [full citation]; Gair, 'Masters' (1977) [full citation]; Gair, 'Conditions', 119 (1980) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 222 (1996) [full citation]]

Giles, Thomas (III)

(d.1617; fl. 1605-13). Dancing master. [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Nungezer, 153 [full citation]; Cutts, 'Jacobean Masque and Stage Music', 191 (1954) [full citation]; Wills, 110 (1993) [full citation]]

Gillam, Fulke

See Gyllome, Foke.

Gillom, Fulke

See Gyllome, Foke.

Gilman, Robert

(fl. 1628-29) (Guilman, Gylman). Actor (Queen of Bohemia's 1628-9). [Nungezer, 168 [full citation]; JCS ii, 444 [full citation]]

Glapthorne, Henry

(1610-<43). Playwright. [JCS iv, 473 [full citation]; DLB 58: 107 (1987) [full citation]]

Glinn, Griffin

(fl. 1617). Puppet showman(?). [REED Heref./Worc, 383 (1990) [full citation]]

Goad, Christopher

(b.1596; fl. 1623-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1630-34; King's Revels 1634?; Queen Henrietta's 1635). [Nungezer, 154 [full citation]; JCS ii, 445 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Godwin, Richard

(d.1639). Actor (Prince Charles' (I)). [Nungezer, 154 [full citation]; JCS ii, 445 [full citation]]

Goffe, Alexander

See Goughe, Alexander.

Goffe, John

See Goughe, John.

Goffe, Robert.

See Goughe, Robert.

Goffe, Thomas (I)

(fl. 1572) (Gough, Goughe). Actor (Lane's 1572). [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981) [full citation]]

Goffe, Thomas (II)

(circa1591-1629) (Gough, Goughe). Academic playwright, actor. [ES iii, 322 [full citation]; JCS iv, 498 [full citation]; Carnegie, 'Hand of Thomas Goffe' (1971) [full citation]; O'Malley, Courageous Turk (1979) [full citation]; DLB 58: 115 (1987) [full citation]; Wills, 164 (1993) [full citation]; Benbow, 'Dutton and Goffe versus Broughton' (1981) [full citation]]

Golding

(fl. 1639). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 155 [full citation]; JCS ii, 445 [full citation]]

Golding, Arthur

(1536-1606). Translator. (Uncle of Edward de Vere; brother-in-law of John de Vere) [ES iii, 322 [full citation]; Golding, An Elizabethan Puritan (1937) [full citation]; DLB 136: 148 (1994) [full citation]]

Goldingham, Henry

(fl. 1575-8). Royal entertainment contributor. [ES iii, 322 [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 92-102 (1981) [full citation]; RLDE 2/7: 10 (1988) [full citation]]

Goldingham, William

(circa1550?-89). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 322 [full citation]; RLDE 2/7: 10 (1988) [full citation]]

Goldwell, Henry

(fl. 1581). Pageant describer(?). [ES iii, 322 [full citation]; Fogel, 'Sidney Canon' (1960) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 105-6 (1981) [full citation]]

Gomersall, Robert

(1602-43). Playwright. [Schneider, 'Some Notes on Robert Gomersall' (1933) [full citation]; Pearn, Lodovick Sforza (1933) [full citation]; JCS iv, 512 [full citation]]

Goodale, Baptiste

Name forged by Collier. [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Nungezer, 155 [full citation]]

Goodale, Thomas

(circa1557-1610<). Actor (Berkeley's 1581; Strange's circa1590). [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 100 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 155 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 45 (1931) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 455 (1991) [full citation]]

Gordon, Adam, Lord of Aboyne

(>1601-1642<). Patron(?). [REED Norwich, 357 (1984) [full citation]]

Goring, George, Baron Goring of Hurstpierpoint, 1st (2nd) Earl of Norwich

(circa1583-1663). Patron (Lord Goring's 1637-40). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 85 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 769 (1936) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 444 (1981) [full citation]]

Gosson, Henry

(fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 446 [full citation]]

Gosson, Stephen

(1554-1624). Playwright, actor(?). [ES iii, 322 [full citation]; Nungezer, 156 [full citation]; Ringler, Stephen Gosson (1942) [full citation]; DLB 172: 96 (1996) [full citation]]

Goughe, Alexander

(1614->1655) (Goffe, Gough). Actor (King's 1626-36) (son of Robert). [Nungezer, 156 [full citation]; JCS ii, 446 [full citation]]

Goughe, John

(circa1610-61) (Goffe, Gough). Playwright. [JCS iv, 514 [full citation]]

Goughe, Robert

(d.1624) (Goffe, Gough). Actor (Strange's 1592, Chamberlain's-King's 1594-1619), sharer?. [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 157 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 46 (1931) [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969) [full citation]]

Goughe, Thomas (I)

See Goffe, Thomas (I).

Goughe, Thomas (II)

See Goffe, Thomas (II).

Grace, Francis

(d.1624). Actor (Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1610-24), sharer. (Brother of Richard Grace) [ES ii, 319 [full citation]; Nungezer, 158 [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Business', 245 (1985) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Players' Wills', 301 (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 130 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993). [full citation]

Grace, John

(fl. 1596-1604). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 398 (1914) [full citation]]

Grace, Richard

(?-1634). Actor (fl. 1624-31). (Brother of Francis Grace) [Nungezer, 158 [full citation]; JCS ii, 449 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 456 (1991) [full citation]]

Gradwell, Henry

(?-1651) (Gradell). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). [Nungezer, 159 [full citation]; JCS ii, 450 [full citation]; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 124 [full citation]]

Gradwell, Richard

(fl. 1631-4) (Gradell). Actor. [JCS ii, 450 [full citation]]

Gray, Margaret.

See Grey, Margaret.

Greaves, John

(fl. 1572). Actor (Lane's 1572). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 159 [full citation]]

Greene, John

(fl. 1603-27) (Green). Actor (Germany, France, Holland). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 159 [full citation]; JCS ii, 451 [full citation]; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 313 (1949) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 73 (1960) [full citation]; George, 'English Actors' (1960) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'English Actors', 167 (1980) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'German Archives', 161 (1982) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 137ff. (1983) [full citation]]

Greene, Robert

(1558-1592). Playwright. [ES iii, 323 [full citation]; Nungezer, 161 [full citation]; Pruvost, Robert Greene (1938) [full citation]; Mildenberger, 'Robert Greene at Cambridge' (1951) [full citation]; Miller, 'Robert Greene and Thomas Nashe' (1954) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'Nashe, Greene, and Shakespeare' (1956) [full citation]; Parr, 'Robert Greene and His Classmates' (1962) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 261 (1971) [full citation]; Helgerson, Elizabethan Prodigals, 79-104 (1976) [full citation]; Richardson, 'Robert Greene' (1980) [full citation]; Crupi, Robert Greene (1986) [full citation]; DLB 62: 77 (1987) [full citation]; DLB 167: 61 (1996) [full citation]]

Greene, Thomas

(circa1573-1612). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-12), sharer. (Husband of Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; stepfather of William Browne (III)) [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 161 [full citation]; JCS ii, 451 [full citation]; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 147n1, 164-6 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II' (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 90 (1993) [full citation]]

Greene, William

(circa 1573-1616). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 1598). [Boas, University Drama, 400 (1914) [full citation]; Caylor, Leander, 4 (1993) [full citation]]

Greenway, John

(fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 386 (1990) [full citation]]

Gregory, Jack

(fl. 1602) (Grigorie). Boy actor (Admiral's 1602). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 165 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]]

Gret, Ellis

See Guest, Ellis.

Greum, Henry.

See Griffin, Henry.

Greville, Curtis

(fl. 1615-40). Actor (Palsgrave's 1622?, Lady Elizabeth's 1622?, King's 1626-31; Revels 1634; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 165 [full citation]; JCS ii, 451 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists' (1977) [full citation]]

Greville, Fulke (I), 4th Baron Willoughby de Brook

(circa1536-1606). Patron(?). (Father of Fulke Greville (II)) [Peerage xii.2, 690 (1959) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 372 (1984) [full citation]]

Greville, Fulke (II), 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court

(circa1554-1628). Playwright. (Son of Fulke Greville (I)) [Peerage ii, 331 (1912) [full citation]; ES iii, 330 [full citation]; Kuhl, 'Contemporary Politics' (1928) [full citation]; Bullough, 'Fulke Greville' (1933) [full citation]; Morgan, 'Fulke Greville's Birth' (1944) [full citation]; Wilkes, 'Sequence' (1959) [full citation]; Whitfield, 'Clifford Chambers', 369 (1965) [full citation]; Farmer, 'Greville and Coke' (1970) [full citation]; Kelliher, 'Warwick Manuscripts' (1970) [full citation]; Rebholz, Fulke Greville (1971) [full citation]; Rees, Fulke Greville (1971) [full citation]; Larson, Fulke Greville (1980) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons ii, 220 (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 57 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 62: 94 (1987) [full citation]; DLB 172: 105 (1996) [full citation]]

Grey, Henry

(fl. 1563-68). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914) [full citation]]

Grey, Margaret

(fl. 1623-4). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 159 [full citation]; JCS ii, 452 [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Women as Theatrical Investors', 90 (1998) [full citation]]

Griffen

(fl. 1597). Boy actor (Admiral's). (same as below?) [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 166 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 55 (1931) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 80 (1960) [full citation]]

Griffin, Henry

(fl. 1608-17) (Greum; Hendrick, Heinrich). Actor (Germany, Netherlands). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 165 [full citation]; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 312 (1949) [full citation]; Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 28 (1955) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 80 (1960) [full citation]]

Griggs, John

(circa1552-circa1599). Carpenter; builder of the Rose theater. [Edmond, 'Builder' (1990) [full citation]]

Grimes, Arthur

(fl. 1625-33) (Arthuret, Anthony; Grynes). Actor (provincial). [Nungezer, 166 [full citation]; JCS ii, 452 [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 92 (1984) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984) [full citation]]

Grinkin, John

(fl. 1604-18). Painter, designer for civic pageants. [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 62-97 passim (1954) [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Christmas Family', 355 (1968) [full citation]]

Grundling, Elias

(fl. 1631). Acrobat, rope dancer (with Pedel family). [Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 328 (1984) [full citation]]

Grymes, Anthony.

See Grimes, Arthur.

Grymes, Thomas (I)

(fl. 1600-01). Actor (Chapel). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 166 [full citation]]

Grymes, Thomas (II)

(fl. 1647). Costumer. (same as above?). [JCS ii, 453 [full citation]]

Grynes.

See Grymes, Anthony.

Gue.

See Gew.

Guest, Ellis

(1588-?; fl. 1613-34) (Garst, Gest, Geste, Geyst, Gost, Gret; Elias, Ellice, Ellys). Actor (provincial). [Nungezer, 167 [full citation]; JCS ii, 453 [full citation]; REED York, 593 (1979) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 92 (1984) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 326 (1984) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 11 (1985) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 201, 204 (1991) [full citation]; Wills 7 (1993) [full citation]]

Guilman, Robert.

See Gilman, Robert.

Gunnell, Richard

(circa1585?-1634). Actor (Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1613-25), manager, sharer (new Fortune), playwright, builder of Salisbury Court playhouse. (Husband of Elizabeth Gunnell Robinson) [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 168 [full citation]; JCS ii, 454; iv, 516 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 285-7 (1968) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Salisbury Court Theater' (1977) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 457 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 233 (1993) [full citation]]

Gwalter, William

(fl. 1622-31). Sharer (new Fortune). [Nungezer, 170 [full citation]; JCS ii, 458 [full citation]]

Gwinne, Matthew

(circa1558-1627?) (Gwynne). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 331 [full citation]; RLDE 1/5: 5 (1983) [full citation]; RLDE 1/13: 5 (1983) [full citation]]

Gyles, Thomas.

See Giles, Thomas.

Gyllome, Fulke

(fl. 1581) (Gillam, Gillom). Actor(?). [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 170 [full citation]; Honigmann, Shakespeare, 31 (1985) [full citation]]

Gylman, Robert.

See Gilman, Robert.

Gyrdler, Russell

(fl. 1598). Children of Paul's (1598). [Nungezer, 171 [full citation]]