ACTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS
PLAYWRIGHTS AND PATRONS

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Tailor, Robert (I)

(fl. 1601-2). Actor (Admiral's 1601-2) (same as following?). [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 347 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 65 (1931) [full citation]] (also cf. Robert Tailour, Grove xviii, 528[full citation])
Tailor, Robert (II)

(fl. 1613). Playwright. [ES iii, 495 [full citation]; McKenzie, Hogge Hath Lost His Pearl (1972) [full citation]]

Talbot, Edward, 8th (11th) Earl of Shrewsbury

(circa1561-1618). Patron (Shrewsbury's 1616-18). (Son of George Talbot; brother of Francis and Gilbert Talbot; son-in-law of Cuthbert Ogle) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 66 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xi, 716 (1949) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 471 (1981) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 405 (1981) [full citation]; George, 'Walmesley', 12 (1985) [full citation]; Wasson, 'Touring Companies', 52 (1988) [full citation]; REED Lancashire, 378 (1991) [full citation]]

Talbot, Francis, Lord Talbot

(circa1550-82). Patron (Lord Talbot's 1572-73). (Son of George Talbot; brother of Gilbert and Edward Talbot; brother-in-law of Henry Herbert (I); uncle of Philip Herbert and William Herbert) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 96 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xi, 714 (1949) [full citation]]

Talbot, George, 6th (9th) Earl of Shrewsbury

(circa1522-1590). Patron (Shrewsbury's 1580). (Father of Edward, Francis, and Gilbert Talbot) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 66 (1910) [full citation]; Peerage xi, 712 (1949) [full citation]]

Talbot, Gilbert, 7th (10th) Earl of Shrewsbury

(1552-1616). Patron(?) (Shrewsbury's 1615-6). (Son of George Talbot; brother of Edward and Francis Talbot; brother-in-law of William Cavendish (I); father-in-law of William Herbert and Thomas Howard (IV)) [Peerage xi, 714 (1949) [full citation]; Price, 'Gilbert Talbot' (1976) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 471 (1981) [full citation]; REED Coventry, 396 (1981) [full citation]]

Tanfield, Elizabeth

See Cary, Elizabeth Tanfield.

Tarbuck, John

(fl. 1610) (Tarbock). Revels patentee. [ES ii, 342 [full citation]; Nungezer, 347 [full citation]]

Tarlton, Richard

(>1550-1588). Actor (Leicester's?, Sussex's 1578; Queen's 1583-1588), playwright. [ES ii, 342; iii, 496 [full citation]; Nungezer, 347 [full citation]; Austin, 'William Withie's Notebook', 309 (1947) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 172 (1993) [full citation]; Wills, 57 (1993) [full citation]]

Tatham, John

(circa1610?-<64) (Tatam, Tateham). Playwright. [JCS v, 1215 [full citation]; Wallace, 'Case for Internal Evidence' (1960) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 10 (1965) [full citation]]

Tatterdell, Hughe

(fl. 1629). Actor (touring Red Bull company). [Nungezer, 365 [full citation]; JCS ii, 590 [full citation]]

Tawyer, William

(d.1625) (Towyer). Musician (trumpeter) and actor (King's). [ES ii, 345 [full citation]; Nungezer, 365 [full citation]; JCS ii, 590 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 104 (1966) [full citation]]

Taylor

(fl. 1622-4). Actor (Revels 1622; Lady Elizabeth's 1624). [Nungezer, 365 [full citation]; JCS ii, 590 [full citation]]

Taylor, John (I)

(d.1572; fl. 1557-67). Choirmaster at Westminster. [ES ii, 345 [full citation]; Nungezer, 366 [full citation]; Bergeron, 'Actors', 18 (1972) [full citation]; Benbow, 'Livery Companies' (1982) [full citation]; Gurr, Playing Companies, 220 (1996) [full citation]]

Taylor, John (II)

(fl. 1594-98). Paul's chorister (1594-98). (related to above and/or same as below?). [Nungezer, 366 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 12 (1962) [full citation]]

Taylor, John (III)

(<1599). Actor(?) (Sussex's). [Nungezer, 366 [full citation]]

Taylor, John (IV)

(1580-1653). Writer. [ES, iii, 497 [full citation]; JCS v, 1224 [full citation]; DLB 121: 255 (1992) [full citation]]

Taylor, Joseph

(1586?-1652). Actor (Duke of York's 1610; Lady Elizabeth's 1611-16; Charles's 1616-19; King's 1619-47); sharer. [ES ii, 345 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 366 [full citation]; JCS ii, 590 [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists' (1977) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 173 (1993) [full citation]; Farley-Hills, 'Joseph Taylor' (1994) [full citation]]

Taylor, Robert

(fl. 1638). Actor(?) (in Coventry). [JCS ii, 598 [full citation]]

Taylor, Thomas

(d.1625). Actor. [JCS ii, 598 [full citation]]

Taylor, William

(b.circa 1620). Playwright(?). [JCS v, 1225 [full citation]]

Teodor, Jacob

(fl. 1627-8). Actor (Germany) (but probably not English). [Nungezer, 372 [full citation]; JCS ii, 599 [full citation]]

Tewks, Mr., High Sheriff of Essex

(fl. 1567-8). Patron. [Redstone, 'Ipswich', 265 (1931) [full citation]]

Thare, John

(d.circa 1612) (Thayer). Actor (Worcester's 1602-3; Germany 1603-6?), sharer. [ES ii, 346 [full citation]; Nungezer, 373 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 29 (1942) [full citation]]

Thayer, William

(fl. 1594-98) (Thaire). Paul's chorister (1594-98). [Nungezer, 373 [full citation]]

Thomas

(fl. circa1638). Actor (King's, late 1630s). (May be Thomas Day, Thomas Jordan, Thomas Tuckfield, or none of these) [George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]

Thomkins, John

See Tomkins, John.

Thompson, John

(d.1634) (Thomson, Tompson, Tomson). Actor (King's 1621-34) (same as John Tomsone?). [Nungezer, 373 [full citation]; JCS ii, 599 [full citation]; Ruoff, 'Carlell's Passionate Lovers' (1956) [full citation]]

Thompson, Richard

(fl. 1630). Actor or puppet showman (Coventry). [JCS ii, 600 [full citation]]

Thompson, Samuel

(d.1652?). Actor (King's Revels 1634). [Nungezer, 374 (Tomson) [full citation]; JCS ii, 600 [full citation]; Wills, 235 (1993) [full citation]]

Tilney, Edmund

See Tylney, Edmund.

Tobye, Edward

(b.1599; fl. 1617-24). Actor. [Nungezer, 374 [full citation]; JCS ii, 601 [full citation]]

Tomkins, John

(1586-1638). Paul's chorister (1598). [Nungezer, 373 [full citation]; Ball, 'Choir-Boy Actors', 12 (1962) [full citation]; Grove xix, 46 [full citation]; Lin, 'Children of Paul's?', 124 (1991) [full citation]]

Tomkis, Thomas

(circa1560-1634). Playwright. [ES, iii, 497 [full citation]; Dick, Albumazar (1944) [full citation]; Mander, 'Thomas Tomkis' (1945) [full citation]; JCS v, 1225 [full citation]]

Tomson, Christopher

(fl. 1639). Actor(?) (Coventry). [REED Coventry, 443 (1981) [full citation]]

Tomson, Sam

See Thompson, Sam.

Tomsone, John

(fl. 1598). Actor. [ES ii, 346 [full citation]; Nungezer, 374 [full citation]]

Tony, Will

(fl. 1589). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 374 [full citation]]

Tooley, Nicholas (alias Wilkinson)

(circa1583-1623). Actor (King's 1604-23). [ES ii, 346 [full citation]; Nungezer, 374 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 47 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 601 [full citation]; Riddell, 'Actors', 294 (1969) [full citation]; Wills, 124 (1993) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 174 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 156 (1993) [full citation]; Edmond, 'Yeomen', 36-9 (1996) [full citation]]

Toplydge, John

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

Tosedall, Roger

(fl. 1635). Actor (at Norwich). [Nungezer, 376 [full citation]; JCS ii, 602 [full citation]]

Tottnell, Harry

(d.1593). Actor. [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 376 [full citation]]

Tourneur, Cyril

(circa1580-1626) (alias Richard Tourneur) (Turner, Turnor). Playwright. [ES, iii, 499 [full citation]; Sutherland, 'Cyril Tourneur' (1931) [full citation]; Wagner, 'Cyril Tourneur' (1931) [full citation]; Tannenbaum, 'Tourneur Mystification' (1932) [full citation]; Wagner, 'Elizabethan Dramatists' (1933) [full citation]; JCS v, 1226 [full citation]; Nethercot, Stuart Plays, 453 (1971) [full citation]; Schuman, Cyril Tourneur (1977) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 122 (1982) [full citation]; Schrickx, Foreign Envoys, 132-180 (1986) [full citation]; DLB 58: 277 (1987) [full citation]]

Towne, John

(d.1617). Actor (Queen's 1583-97). [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Nungezer, 376 [full citation]; Eccles, Shakespeare, 82 (1961) [full citation]; George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310n (1981) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 174 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993) [full citation]]

Towne, Thomas

(d.1612). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's 1594-1610). [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Nungezer, 377 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 65 (1931) [full citation]; Wills 88 (1993) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 174 (1993) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Henslowe/Forman', 155 (1993) [full citation]]

'Towne's boy'

(fl. 1600-1). Boy actor (Admiral's). [Nungezer, 378 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 65 (1931) [full citation]]

Townsend, John

(fl. 1611-34) (Towneshend). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611-32; unknown company at Norwich 1634). [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 106 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 378 [full citation]; REED Coventry, 394 (1981) [full citation]; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation]]

Townshend, Aurelian

(1583>-<1643). Masque writer. [Dunlap, Poems of Thomas Carew (1949) [full citation]; JCS v, 1226 [full citation]; Veevers, 'Two Masques by Aurelian Townshend' (1962) [full citation]; Veevers, 'Masque Fragment' (1965) [full citation]; Demaray, 'Milton's Comus' (1966) [full citation]]

Towyer, William

See Tawyer, William.

'Toy'

(fl. 1592). Actor. [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Nungezer, 379 [full citation]]

Trevell, William

(fl. 1608-21). Whitefriars lessee. [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Nungezer, 379 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 210-13 (1985) [full citation]]

Trigg, William

(fl. 1626-52). Actor (King's 1626-36; Beeston's Boys 1639). [Nungezer, 380 [full citation]; JCS ii, 604 [full citation]]

Trott, Nicholas

(circa1550?-1636). Contributor to royal entertainment. [ES iii, 500 [full citation]; Ramel, 'Biographical Notices', 466 (1967) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 531 (1981) [full citation]]

Trundle, John

(fl. 1623). Actor(?). [JCS ii, 606 [full citation]]

Trussell, Alvery

(fl. 1600-1). Actor (Chapel). [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Nungezer, 380 [full citation]]

Trustrum

(fl. 1594). Actor(?) (Dorset). [Pafford, 'Blandford Forum' (1977) [full citation]]

Tucke, T.

See Tuckfield, Thomas.

Tuckfield, Thomas

(fl. 1624-6). Actor (King's). [Nungezer, 381 [full citation]; JCS ii, 606 [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]

Tufton, John

(fl. 1561-2). Patron(?). [Dawson, 'Kent', 180 (1965) [full citation]]

Tunstall, James

(circa1555-1599) (alias Donstall, Donstone). Actor (Worcester's 1583; Admiral's 1590-1, 1594-7). [ES ii, 347 [full citation]; Nungezer, 381 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 54 (1931) [full citation]; Ingram, Business, 25-30 (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 64 (1993) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 175 (1993) [full citation]]

Turberville, James, Bishop of Exeter

(circa1495-1570). Patron(?). [REED Devon, 465 (1986) [full citation]]

Turner, Anthony

(fl. 1622-59). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1622-42). [Nungezer, 382 [full citation]; JCS ii, 607 [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 7 (1965) [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Turner, Cyril

See Tourneur, Cyril.

Turner, Drew or True

(fl. 1633). Actor (at Banbury) (See Bartholomew Jones). [Nungezer, 383 [full citation]; JCS ii, 608 [full citation]]

Turner, Henry

Probably a mistake for Anthony Turner. [JCS ii, 609 [full citation]]

Turner, Winifred

See Robinson, Winifred Turner Burbage.

Tyller

(fl.1600-1). Actor (Bridgwater, Somerset). [REED Somerset, 57, 890 (1996) [full citation]]

Tylney, Edmund

(circa1536-1610). Master of the Revels, 1578-1610; patron (Master of the Revels' (1583-4). [Streitberger, 'Letter from Edmund Tilney' (1977) [full citation]; Streitberger, 'Edmond Tyllney' (1978) [full citation]; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 509 (1981) [full citation]; Streitberger, Edmond Tyllney (1986) [full citation]; REED Cumb./West./Glouc, 450 (1986) [full citation]; Wills, 81 (1993) [full citation]; DLB 136, 326 (1994) [full citation]; REED Shropshire, 711 (1994) [full citation]; REED Somerset, 46, 1000 (1996) [full citation]]