ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS

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Page, John

(fl. 1626). Boy actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626). [Nungezer, 262 [full citation]]

Palatine, Elector

See Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine.

Pallant, Robert (I)

(circa1570s?-1619). Actor (Strange's 1592; Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1602-13; Lady Elizabeth's 1614; Prince Charles' (I) 1616; Queen Anne's 1619. (Father of Robert Pallant (II)) [ES ii, 331 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 263 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 48 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 518 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 299 (1992) [full citation]]

Pallant, Robert (II)

(1605-1624<). Actor (King's 1614-24). (Son of Robert Pallant (I)) [Nungezer, 264 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; JCS ii, 519 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 104 (1966) [full citation]]

Pallin, John

(Dates unknown) Playwright. [JCS iv, 951 [full citation]]

Palsgrave, Lord

See Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine.

Pant, Thomas

(fl. 1607-10). Unlicensed actor. [ES ii, 331 [full citation]; Nungezer, 265 [full citation]]

Parker, Edward, 12th Baron Morley

(circa1551-1618). Patron (Lord Morley's 1581-1603). (Father of William Parker; son-in-law of William Stanley (I); nephew of Henry Stanley; cousin of Ferdinando Stanley and William Stanley (II); grandson of Edward Stanley) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 54 (1910) [full citation]; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 272, 277 (1931) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 226 (1936) [full citation]; Coldewey, 'Aldeburgh', 22 (1977) [full citation]; Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 220 (1980) [full citation]; George, 'Jacobean Actors', 114 (1983) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 365 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 450 (1986) [full citation]; REED Devon, 504 (1986) [full citation]; Pilkington, 'Bristol' (1989) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 377 (1991) [full citation]]

Parker, Francis

(fl. 1634). Musician at Blackfriars. [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965) [full citation]; Sabol, 'New Documents', 26 (1966) [full citation]]

Parker, William, 5th Lord Monteagle, 13th Lord Morley

(circa1575-1622). Patron (Lord Monteagle's 1592-1616). (Son of Edward Parker) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 55 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 227 (1936) [full citation]; Pafford, 'Blandford Forum' (1977) [full citation]; George, 'Jacobean Actors', 114 (1983) [full citation]; REED Norwich, 365 (1984) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 450 (1986) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 377 (1991) [full citation]; Tiner, 'York', 23 (1992) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 15, 1000 (1996) [full citation]]

Parr, William (I), Marquis of Northampton

(1513-71). Patron (Marquis of Northampton's 1547-60). (Brother-in-law of William Brooke) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 90 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage ix, 669 (1936) [full citation]; Dawson, 'Kent', 175 (1965) [full citation]]

Parr, William (II)

(1581?-1620<). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1602-20). [ES ii, 331 [full citation]; Nungezer, 265 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 60 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 520 [full citation]; Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 64 (1979) [full citation]]

Parsons, Philip

(1594-1653). Latin playwright. [ES iii, 457 [full citation]; RLDE 1/4: 10 (1981) [full citation]]

Parsons, Thomas

(fl. 1597-1602). Boy actor (Admiral's 1597-1602). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 266 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 60 (1931) [full citation]]

Paten, Mercurius

(fl. 1575). Royal entertainment contributor (?). (See William Patten) [ES iii, 458 [full citation]]

Pateson, William

(fl. 1584). Actor (Worcester's 1584). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 266 [full citation]]

Patrick, Richard

(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 266 [full citation]]

(cf. Nathaniel Patrick in Grove xiv, 301 [full citation]]

Patrick, William

(fl. 1622-38) (Pattrick). Actor (King's 1624-37). [Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; JCS ii, 520 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]

Patten, William

(d.1589; fl. 1540-89) (alias Ro. Langham or Laneham). Royal entertainment contributor/describer. [Scott, 'William Patten' (1977) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 92 (1981) [full citation]]

Pattmie, Edward

(fl. 1574). Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 267 [full citation]]

Paulet, William (I), Lord Steward(?), 3rd Marquis of Winchester

(circa1532-98). Patron (?) (Lord Steward's 1587-8). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 95 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 764 (1959) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 189 (1981) [full citation]]

Paulet, William (II), Lord Steward(?), 4th Marquis of Winchester

(d.1628). Patron (?) (Lord Steward's 1587-8). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 95 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xii.2, 765 (1959) [full citation]]

Pavy, Salomon

(1588-circa1602) (Salathiel). Boy actor (Chapel). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 267 [full citation]; Gair, Children of Paul's, 64 (1982) [full citation]]

Pavy, William

(d.1608) (Pavye). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's 1597-1608). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 103 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 268 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 60 (1931) [full citation]; Wills, 229 (1993) [full citation]]

Payne, John

(fl. 1638) (Paijn, Paijne, Peijn). Actor (Netherlands). [Hoppe, 'English Acting Companies', 30 (1955) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 85, 87 (1960) [full citation]]

Payne, Richard

(fl. 1629). Tumbler/puppet showman. [REED Heref./Worc, 394 (1990) [full citation]]

Payne, Robert

(d.1622; fl. 1604). Revels patentee. [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 269 [full citation]; Wills, 121 (1993) [full citation]]

Peadle, Abraham

(fl. 1612-<1631) (Pedel, Pedle). Rope dancer, actor(?). (Brother of Jacob Peadle) [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 270 [full citation]; JCS ii, 521 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 299 (1992) [full citation]]

Peadle, Jacob

(fl. 1597-1615). Actor (Germany). (Brother of Abraham Peadle) [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 270 [full citation]; JCS ii, 521 [full citation]]

Peadle, Thomas

(fl. 1631-39) (Pedel). Acrobat, rope dancer. (Son of William Peadle (II)) [JCS ii, 522 [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'New Revels Documents', 328 (1984) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 300 (1992) [full citation]]

Peadle, William (I)

(fl. 1599-1639?) (Pedel). Acrobat, rope dancer (Denmark, Germany, English provinces). (Father of William Peadle (II)(?)) [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 270 [full citation]; JCS ii, 522 [full citation]; Hoppe, 'English Actors', 321 (1949) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 76 (1960) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 300 (1992) [full citation]]

Peadle, William (II)

(fl. 1616-39?) (Pedel). Acrobat. (Son of William Peadle (I)(?), father of Thomas Peadle) [Nungezer, 270 [full citation]; JCS ii, 522 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 300 (1992) [full citation]]

Peaps, William

(Dates unknown) Playwright(?). [JCS iv, 951 [full citation]]

Pearce, Edward

(fl. 1589-1612) (Piers, Peers). Master of Paul's (1599-1612). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 269 [full citation]; Grove xiv, 318 (1980) [full citation]; Gair, 'Conditions', 121 (1980) [full citation]]

Pearce, Thomas

See Peers, Thomas.

Pedel, William

See Peadle, William (I).

Peele, George

(1556-1596). Playwright, royal entertainment writer. (Son of James Peele) [ES iii, 458 [full citation]; Larsen, 'Early Years of George Peele' (1928) [full citation]; Larsen, 'Father of George Peele' (1928) [full citation]; Larsen, 'George Peele in the Chancellor's Court' (1930) [full citation]; Dowling, 'Few Points Concerning Peele' (1933) [full citation]; Dowling, 'Miscellaneous Notes' (1933) [full citation]; Wagner, 'Elizabethan Dramatists' (1933) [full citation]; Horne, George Peele (1952) [full citation]; Ashley, George Peele (1970) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 215 (1971) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 111-37 (1981) [full citation]; Braunmuller, George Peele (1983) [full citation]; DLB 62: 242 (1987) [full citation]; DLB 167: 165 (1996) [full citation]]

Peele, James

(fl. 1553-79). Pageant writer. (Father of George Peele) [Larsen, 'Father of George Peele' (1928) [full citation]; Horne, George Peele, 14-15 (1952) [full citation]; Dowling, 'Few Points Concerning Peele' (1953) [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 82-4 (1981) [full citation]]

Peers, Thomas

(fl. 1607). Paul's chorister (1607). [Nungezer, 271 [full citation]]

Peerson, Martin

(circa1571-1651). Musician, composer, sharer in Blackfriars. [Eccles, 'Jonson and the Spies', 396 (1937) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Martin Peerson' (1958) [full citation]; Grove xiv, 334 (1980) [full citation]]

Peet, Nathan

(fl. 1644-5). Actor (Netherlands) (= Nathan Speed?). [JCS ii, 523 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 86 (1960) [full citation]]

Pembroke, Earl of

See Herbert, Henry (I); Herbert, Philip; Herbert, William

Pendry, Charles

(fl. 1598). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 271 [full citation]]

Penn, William

(fl. 1609-36) (Penne). Actor (Queen's Revels 1609; Prince Charles' (I) 1616-25; King's 1628-36). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 104 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 271 [full citation]; JCS ii, 523 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]

Pennycuicke, Andrew

(1620-1658<) (Penneycuick, Pennicooke, Pennycooke) Actor(?). [Nungezer, 272 [full citation]; JCS ii, 524 [full citation]]

Penruddock, John

(>1542-1601). Royal entertainment director. [ES iii, 464 [full citation]; Ramel, 'Biographical Notices', 463 (1967) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 200 (1981) [full citation]]

Penton, Fabian

(fl. 1602). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 273 [full citation]]

Peperel, Giles

(fl.1564-5). Actor(?). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 273 [full citation]]

Percy, Algernon, 4th (14th) Earl of Northumberland

(1602-68). Playgoer, collector of playbooks. (Son of Henry Percy; nephew of William Percy) [Peerage ix, 735 (1936) [full citation]; Ruoff, 'Lost Manuscript' (1955) [full citation]; Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts' (1987) [full citation]]

Percy, Henry, 3rd (13th) Earl of Northumberland

(1564-1632). (Brother of William Percy; father of Algernon Percy; brother-in-law of Robert Devereaux; grandson of John Neville) [Peerage ix, 732 (1936) [full citation]; Alexander, 'Percy Household Accounts' (1987) [full citation]]

Percy, Robert

See Persj, Robert.

Percy, William

(1575-1648). Playwright. (Brother of Henry Percy; uncle of Algernon Percy; grandson of John Neville) [ES iii, 464 [full citation]; Hillebrand, 'William Percy' (1938) [full citation]; DLB 172: 196 (1996) [full citation]]

Perkin, John

(fl. 1572-4). Actor (Leicester's 1572-74). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 174 [full citation]]

Perkins, Richard

(circa1579-1650). Actor (Worcester's-Queen Anne's-Revels 1602-22; King's 1623-25; Queen Henrietta's 1626-41). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 274 [full citation]; JCS ii, 525 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Perkins, Will

(Dates unknown) Actor(?) (Sussex's). [Nungezer, 278 [full citation]]

Perry, William

(d.1648) (Perrie, Pierry, Pirrie, Terry). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1613; provincial companies 1616-42; Ireland(?) 1641), manager, licensee. [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 278 [full citation]; JCS ii, 529 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 154 (1942) [full citation]; REED York, 593 (1979) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 11 (1985) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 196 (1991) [full citation]]

Persj (Persten), Robert (Rupert)

(fl. 1586-7). Actor (Denmark, Germany). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 273 [full citation]]

Personn, Johann

(fl. 1579-80). Actor (Denmark). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 279 [full citation]; Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 119 (1969) [full citation]]

Pestell, Thomas

(1613-90). Latin playwright. [JCS iv, 954 [full citation]]

'Peter'

(Dates unknown) Actor(?). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 279 [full citation]]

Peters, Hugh

(Dates unknown) Actor(?) (but probably not, per Bentley). [JCS ii, 531 [full citation]]

Pett, Peter

(Dates unknown) (fl. 1600). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 465 [full citation]]

Pettingham, Henry

(fl. 1637). Attendant of King's Men. [Nungezer, 280 [full citation]; JCS ii, 531 [full citation]]

Pettington, Henry

See Pettingham, Henry.

Pflugbeil, August

(fl. 1614-15). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 280 [full citation]]

Philip, John

(>1570->1626). Playwright. [ES iii, 465 [full citation]]

Philips, Peter

(circa1560?-1628) (Phillipp). Musician, composer, Paul's chorister (1574). [Nungezer, 280 [full citation]; Lennam, 'Children of Paul's', 26 (1970) [full citation]; Grove xiv, 654 (1980) [full citation]]

Phillippe, Robert

(d.1559). 'Momer'. [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 280 [full citation]]

Phillips, Anne

See Witter, Anne.

Phillips, Augustine

(d.1605). Actor (Strange's/Admiral's 1590-1; Strange's 1593; Chamberlain's-King's 1598-1604), sharer. (Husband of Anne Phillips Witter) [ES ii, 333 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 105 (1926) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 280 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 48 (1931) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 300 (1992) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 165 (1993) [full citation]; Wills, 72 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 156 (1993) [full citation]]

Phillips, Mary

(fl. 1606-7). Doorkeeper at the Boar's Head. [Eccles, 'Actors II', 456 (1991) [full citation]]

Phillipps, Peter

See Philips, Peter.

Pickering, Anthony

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

Pickering, James

(fl. 1612). Unlicensed player in Bowlby, Yorks. [ES ii, 334 [full citation]; Nungezer, 283 [full citation]]

Pickering, John

(fl. 1567-8). Playwright. [ES iii, 466 [full citation]]

Pickleherring

See Reynolds, Robert.

Piers, Edward

See Pearce, Edward.

Pig, John

(fl. 1593-99) (Pik, Pyge, Pigge). Boy actor (Strange's 1593, Admiral's 1597-99). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 283 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 60 (1931) [full citation]]

Playn, Thomas

(fl. 1563). Actor (Lincolnshire circa1563). [Barley, 'Plough Monday Play' (1954) [full citation]; Kahrl, 'Lincolnshire', 6 (1974) [full citation]]

Plumfield, Thomas

(fl. 1632). Actor (Prince Charles' (II)). [Nungezer, 283 [full citation]; JCS ii, 531 [full citation]]

Podger, John

(fl. 1615). Actor/sharer (2 King's Revels 1615). [Wills, 100-1 [full citation]]

Pole

(fl. 1582). Gatekeeper at Paul's. [ES ii, 334 [full citation]; Nungezer, 284 [full citation]]

Poley, Jane Grove Transfeild

(d.1601; fl. 1561-1601). Owner of Boar's Head Inn/Theatre. [Berry, Boar's Head, 15ff. (1986) [full citation]; Wills, 65 (1993) [full citation]]

Pollard, Thomas

(circa1595?-1653). Actor (Palsgrave's?; King's 1617-47). [Nungezer, 284 [full citation]; JCS ii, 532 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Wills, 235 (1993) [full citation]]

Poole, John

(Dates unknown). Playwright(?) [ES iii, 466 [full citation]; JCS iv, 955 [full citation]]

Pope, Thomas

(d.circa 1603; fl. 1586-1603). Actor (Germany/Denmark 1586-7; Strange's/Admiral's 1590-1; Strange's 1593; Chamberlain's 1597-1603), sharer. [ES ii, 334 [full citation]; Nungezer, 285 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 48 (1931) [full citation]; Sjogren, 'Thomas Bull', 121 (1969) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 301 (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 68 (1993) [full citation]]

Porter, Henry

(d.1599; fl. 1596-1599). Playwright. [ES iii, 466 [full citation]; Shear, 'Henry Porter' (1927) [full citation]; Oliphant, 'Henry Porter?' (1928) [full citation]; Nosworthy, 'Notes on Henry Porter' (1940) [full citation]; Nosworthy, 'Henry Porter' (1946) [full citation]; Hotson, Shakespeare's Sonnets Dated, 193 (1949) [full citation]; Evett, Two Angry Women (1980) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 106 (1982) [full citation]; DLB 62: 254 (1987) [full citation]]

Pother, Walter

(fl. 1614). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc, 390 (1990) [full citation]]

Pound, Thomas

(1538?-1616?). Masque contributor. [ES iii, 468 [full citation]; McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 79-80 (1981) [full citation]; Pincombe, 'Two Elizabethan Masque-Orations' (1987) [full citation]]

Powell, Edward

Actor(?). [JCS ii, 535 [full citation]]

Powlton, Thomas

(fl. 1584). Actor (Worcester's 1584). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 287 [full citation]]

Pratt, Samuel

(d.1615). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 535 [full citation]]

Preston, Thomas

(1537-1598). Playwright. [ES iii, 469 [full citation]; Armstrong, 'Authorship of Cambises' (1955) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 81 (1971) [full citation]; DLB 62, 257 (1987) [full citation]]

Price, Daniel

(1581-1631). Describer of royal entertainment. [ES iii, 470 [full citation]]

Price, Richard

(d.1627) (Pryore?). Actor (Admiral's-Henry's-Palsgrave's 1603-24; King and Queen of Bohemia's?). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 287-88 [full citation]; JCS ii, 535 [full citation]; Bowers, 'Shoemaker's Holiday' (1949) [full citation]]

Priddam, Richard

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

Prince, Richard

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

Proctor

(fl. 1599). Actor (Admiral's 1599). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 288 [full citation]]

Prun, Peter de

(fl. 1594). Actor (Germany). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 288 [full citation]]

Prynne, William

(1600-69). Anti-theatrical writer. [Cerasano and Wynne-Davies, Renaissance Drama by Women, 222 (1996) [full citation]]

Pryore, Richard

See Price, Richard.

Pudsey, Edward (I)

(1573-1613). Theater-goer, notebook keeper. (Father of Edward Pudsey (II)?) [Wills, 92 (1993) [full citation]]

Pudsey, Edward (II)

(fl. 1628-40). Actor (Germany). (Son of Edward Pudsey (I)?) [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 289 [full citation]; JCS ii, 537 [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 84 (1960) [full citation]]

Pulham, George

(1579-1611). Actor, sharer (Queen Anne's 1611). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 289 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Wills, 84 (1993) [full citation]]

Puncteus, John

(Dates unknown) French actor (?). [JCS ii, 537 [full citation]]

Pursell, Baly

(fl. 1565-6). Actor (Queen's). [REED Shropshire, 210 (1994) [full citation]]

Puttenham, George

(circa1529-1590). Playwright. [Eccles, Authors, 108 (1982) [full citation]]

Pye, John

(fl. 1559). 'Momer'. [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 289 [full citation]]

Pyg, John

See Pig, John.

Pykman, Phillip

(b.1587; fl. 1600-1). Actor (Chapel). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 289 [full citation]]

Pynckney, Arnold

(d.1609). Drummer. [Bentley, 'St. Giles Cripplegate', 816 (1929) [full citation]]

Pynne, William

See Pine, William.

Pytcher, Carolus

(fl.1598). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 290 [full citation]]

Pytes, Richard

(d.1615). Actor. [Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 39 (1959) [full citation]]