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tory verses on the poet, 147, 164, | Edwardes, Richard, author of the
167; on the poet's popularity, 184 lost play Palamon and Arcyte,
'Don Quixote' and the lost play
Cardenio, 136

Doncaster, the name of Shakespeare

at, I

Donne, Dr. John, his anecdote about
Shakespeare and Jonson, 87
Donnelly, Mr. Ignatius, 210
Double Falsehood, or the Distrest
Lovers, 136

Douce, Francis, 205
Dowdall, John, 203
Dowden, Professor, 187, 205
Drake, Nathan, 205, 207
Drayton, Michael, 37.353; claims im-
mortality for his sonnets, 57; enter-
tained by Shakespeare at New
Place, Stratford, 144
Droeshout, Martin, engraver of the
portrait in the First Folio, 155–7;
his uncle of the same name, a
painter, 157

Droitwich, native place of John
Heming, one of Shakespeare's
actor-friends, 19

Dryden, a criticism of the poet's work
by, 185; presented with a copy of
the Chandos portrait of the poet,
158; 203

Ducis, Jean-François, adaptations of
the poet for the French stage by,
197, 198

Dulwich, manor of, purchased by
Edward Alleyn, 103
Dumain, Lord, in Love's Labour's
Lost, 31

Dumas, Alexandre, adaptation of
Hamlet by, 198

Duport, Paul, repeats Voltaire's cen-
sure, 197

Dyce, Alexander, on The Two Noble
Kinsmen, 136; his edition of Shake-
speare, 180

EDEN, translation of Magellan's
'Voyage to the South Pole' by,
133

of

Editions of Shakespeare's works.
See under Quarto and Folio
Editors of Shakespeare, in the
eighteenth century, 173-80; in the
nineteenth century, 180-2;
variorum editions, 179-81
Education of Shakespeare, 7-10
Edward II, Marlowe's, Richard II
suggested by, 39
Edward III, a play of uncertain
authorship, 44; quotation from one
of Shakespeare's sonnets, 44

137

Edwards, Thomas, 'Canons of Criti-
cism' of, 177

Eld, George, printer, 71
Elizabeth, Princess, marriage of,
performance of The Tempest, &c.
at, 133, 136, 138, 139
Elizabeth, Queen: her visit to Kenil-
worth, 10; Shakespeare and other
actors play before her, 26, 44, 50;
shows the poet special favour, 50-1;
her enthusiasm for Falstaff, 50-1,
83; called 'Cynthia' by the poets,
69; elegies on her, 69; compliment
to her in Midsummer Night's
Dream, 76-7; her objections to
Richard II, 87; death, 118

Elze, Friedrich Karl, 'Life of Shake-
speare' by, 205; Shakespeare
studies of, 195

Endymion, Lyly's, and Love's La-
bour's Lost, 37

Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, com-
pletes Wieland's German prose
translation of Shakespeare, 193
Error, Historie of, and Comedy of
Errors, 32

Essex, Robert Devereux, second Earl
of, company of actors under the
patronage of, 20; an enthusiastic
reception predicted for him in
London in Henry V, 86; trial and
execution, 87

'Euphues,' Lyly's, Polonius's advice
to Laertes borrowed from, 37
Evans, Sir Hugh, quotes Latin
phrases, 8; sings snatches of
Marlowe's 'Come live with me and
be my love,' 39

Every Man in his Humour, Shake-
speare takes a part in the per-
formance of, 26, 86; prohibition on
its publication, 105

FAIRE EM, a play of doubtful au-
thorship, 45

Falstaff, Queen Elizabeth's enthusi-
asm for, 50-1, 83; 81-3
Farmer, Dr. Richard, on Shake-
speare's education, 8, 205
Fastolf, Sir John, 82

Faucit, Helen. See Martin, Lady
Felix and Philomena, History of, 31
Field, Henry, father of the London
printer, 92

Field, Richard, 19-20; publishes
'Venus and Adonis, 46, and
'Lucrece,' 47

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118

Florio, John, the sonnet prefixed to his
'Second Frutes,' 53; his transla-
tion of Montaigne's 'Essays,' 133;
Shakespeare's signature in the
British Museum copy of Florio's
'Montaigne,' 154; his praise of
Southampton, 64
Folio, the First, 1623: editor's note
as to the ease with which the poet
wrote, 28; the syndicate for its pro-
duction, 166; its contents, 167;
prefatory matter, 167; value of the
text, 169; order of the plays, 169;
the typography, 169; unique
copies, 170-2; the Sheldon copy,
170; Sibthorp copy, 170-3; num-
ber of extant copies, 172; Jaggard's
presentation copy, 170-3; reprints,
173; the Daniel' copy, 172
Folio, the Second, 173
Folio, the Third, 173-4
Folio, the Fourth, 174
Forgeries in the 'Perkins Folio,' 173
Forman, Dr. Simon, 124, 131
Forrest, Edwin, American actor, 192
Fortune Theatre, 108

France, versions and criticisms of
Shakespeare in, 196-8; stage rep-
resentation of the poet in, 198
Freiligrath, Ferdinand von, German
translation of Shakespeare by, 194
French, the poet's acquaintance with,
8
French, George Russell, 204
'Freyndon' (or Frittenden), I
Friendship, sonnets of, Shakespeare's,
66-8

Frittenden, Kent. See Freyndon
Fulbroke Park and the poaching
episode, 17

Fuller, Thomas, allusion in his
'Worthies' to Sir John Fastolf,
82; on the 'wit combats' between
Shakespeare and Jonson, 87; the
first biographer of the poet, 203
Fulman, Rev. W., 203
Furness, Mr. H. H., his

'New

Variorum' edition of Shakespeare,
180, 192

Furness, Mrs. H. H., 207
Furnivall, Dr. F. J., 165, 182, 187, 205

GARNETT, Henry, the Jesuit, 123
Garrick, David, 175, 187, 188-9
Gascoigne, George, his Supposes, 78
Gastrell, Rev. Francis, 151
Gates, Sir Thomas, 133
Germany, Shakespearean representa-
tions in, 191, 195; translations of
the poet's works and criticisms in,
193-6; Shakespeare Society in, 195
Gervinus, 'Commentaries' by, 195
'Gesta Romanorum' and the Mer-
chant of Venice, 41

Ghost in Hamlet, the, played by
Shakespeare, 26

Gilchrist, Octavius, 205
Gildon, Charles, on the rapid pro-
duction of the Merry Wives of
Windsor, 83

Giovanni (Fiorentino), Ser, Shake-
speare's indebtedness to his 'Il
Pecorone, 8, 41, 84

'Globe' edition of Shakespeare, 182
Globe Theatre, 23, 98, 100-1; de-
scribed by Shakespeare, 23, cf. 84;
revival of Richard II at, 86; per-
formance of A Winter's Tale, 131;
its destruction by fire, 137; Shake-
speare's disposal of his shares,
139

Goethe, criticism and adaptation of
Shakespeare by, 194

Golding, Arthur, his English version
of the 'Metamorphoses,' 8, 77, 133
Gollancz, Mr. Israel, 182
Gosson, Stephen, his 'Schoole of
Abuse,' 41

Gottsched, J. C., denunciation of
Shakespeare by, 193

Gounod, opera of Romeo and Juliet
by, 198

Gower, John, represented by the
speaker of the prologues in Pericles,
127; his 'Confessio Amantis,' 127
Gower, Lord Ronald, 161

Grave, Shakespeare's, 144
Gray's Inn Hall, performance of The
Comedy of Errors in, 43
Greek, Shakespeare's alleged ac-
quaintance with, 8, 9
Green, C. F., 205

Greene, Robert, his attack on Shake-
speare, 35; his publisher's apology,
35; his share in the original draft
of Henry VI, 36; his influence on
Shakespeare, 37; describes a meet-

ing with a player, 99; A Winter's
Tale founded on his Pandosto, 132
Greene, Thomas, actor at the Red
Bull Theatre, 19

Greene, Thomas (alias Shake-
speare'), a tenant of New Place,
and Shakespeare's legal adviser,
97, 104, 143

Greenwich Palace, Shakespeare and
other actors play before Queen
Elizabeth at, 26, 44, 51
Greet, hamlet in Gloucestershire,
identical with the Greece' in the
Taming of The Shrew, 80
Grendon, near Oxford, Shakespeare's
alleged sojourn there, 19
Griggs, Mr. W., 165

Grimm, Baron, recognition of Shake-
speare's greatness by, 197
'Groats-worth of Wit, Greene's
pamphlet, 35

Guizot, François, revision of Le
Tourneur's translation by, 197

'H., MR. W.,' 74-5; 'W. H.'s' true
relations with Thomas Thorpe, 206
Hacket, Marian and Cicely, in the
Taming of The Shrew, 78-9
Hal, Prince, 81, 84

Hales, John (of Eton), on the superi-
ority of Shakespeare to all other
poets, 184

Hall, Elizabeth, the poet's grand-
daughter, 96, 140, 146, 150, 151
Hall, Dr. John, the poet's son-in-law,
140, 145, 150
Hall, Mrs. Susanna, the poet's elder
daughter, 96, 140, 146, 149-59
Hall, William (1), on the inscription

over the poet's grave, 144, 203
Hall, William (2). See H., Mr. W.'
Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard,
his edition of Shakespeare, 173, 181;
his great labours on Shakespeare's
biography, 187, 204, 207
Hamlet: Polonius's advice to Laertes
borrowed from Lyly's 'Euphues,'
37; allusion to boy-actors, 109-10;
date of production, &c., 113-6. For
editions see Section xvii. (Biblio-
graphy), 163-82

Hanmer, Sir Thomas, 115; his edi-
tion of Shakespeare, 176
Harington, Sir

Ariosto, 106

John, translates

Harington, Lucy, her marriage to the
third Earl of Bedford, 76
Harness, William, 181

Harrison, John, publisher of 'Lu-
crece,' 47

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Harsnet, 'Declaration of Popish Im-
postures' by, 125

Hart family, the, and the poet's
reputed birthplace, 5

Hart, Joan, Shakespeare's sister, 5;
his bequest to her, 146; her three
sons, 146, 151
Hart, John, 151
Hart, Joseph C., 209

Hathaway, Anne. See Shakespeare,
Anne

Hathaway, Catherine, sister of Anne
Hathaway, II

Hathaway, Joan, mother of Anne
Hathaway, II

Hathaway, Richard, marriage of his
daughter Anne (or Agnes) to the
poet, 10-12

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 210
Hazlitt, William, and Shakespearean
criticism, 187, 205

Hecatommithi,' Cinthio's, Shake-
speare's indebtedness to, 8, 32, 121
Heine, studies of Shakespeare's
heroines by, 194

Helena in All's Well that Ends
Well, 78

Heming, John (actor-friend of Shake-
speare), 19, 22, 102, 103, 139; the
poet's bequest to, 146; signs dedi-
cation of First Folio, 166, 167-8
Henderson, John, actor, 189
Henley-in-Arden, 3

Henrietta Maria, Queen, billeted on
Mrs. Hall (the poet's daughter) at
Stratford, 150

Henry IV (parts i. and ii.): Justice
Shallow, 26; its publication, 80-1;
its characters, 81-4. For editions
see Section xvii. (Bibliography),
163-82

Henry V, The Famous Victories of
the groundwork of Henry IV and
of Henry V, 80, 86

Henry V French dialogues, 8; date
of production, &c., 84-6. For edi-
tions see Section xvii. (Bibliogra-
phy), 163-82

Henry VI (pt. i.), 34-7
Henry VI (pt. ii.): publication, &c.,
36-7

Henry VI (pt. iii.), production, 22,
36; publication, &c., 36-7. For
editions see Section xvii. (Biblio-
graphy), 163-82

Henry VIII, 85; publication, author-
ship, &c., 137-8. For editions see
Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-

182

Henryson, Robert, 117

Henslowe, Philip, erects the Rose | India, translations and representa-
Theatre, 22, 116, 137
'Heptameron of Civil Discources,'
Whetstone's, 122

Herder, Johann Gottfried, 193
Herford, Professor C. H., 182
'Hero and Leander,' Marlowe's, quo-
tation in As You Like It from, 39
Herringman, H., 174
Hess, J. R., 193

Heyse, Paul, German translation of
Shakespeare by, 194

Heywood, Thomas, his poems pirated
in the Passionate Pilgrim,' 91, 164,
184

Hill, John, marriage of his widow,
Agnes or Anne, to Robert Arden, 4
Holinshed's Chronicles,' materials
taken by Shakespeare from, 9, 28,
38, 39, 80, 123, 125, 130
Holland, translations of Shakespeare
in, 199

Holland, Hugh, 167
Holmes, Nathaniel, 210

Holofernes, quotes Latin phrases
from Lily's grammar, 8
Horace, his claim for the immortal-
ity of verse, 57
Hotspur, 81

Howard of Effingham, the Lord
Admiral, Charles, Lord, his com-
pany of actors, 21; its short alli-
ance with Shakespeare's company,

22

Hudson, Rev. H. N., 182

Hughes, Mrs. Margaret, plays female
parts in the place of boys, 188
Hugo, François Victor, translation
of Shakespeare by, 197
Hugo, Victor, 197-8
Hungary, translations and perform-
ances of Shakespeare in, 199
Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain),
George Carey, second Lord, his
company of players, 22
Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain),
Henry Carey, first Lord, his com-
pany of players, 22

Hunt, Thomas, master of Stratford
Grammar School, 7
Hunter, Rev. Joseph, 187, 204
'Huon of Bordeaux,' hints for the
story of Oberon from, 77

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tions of Shakespeare in, 200
Ingannati (G), its resemblance to
Twelfth Night, 107

Ireland, Samuel, on the poaching
episode, 16-7

Irishman, the only, in Shakespeare's
dramatis personæ, 85

Irving, Sir Henry, 191

Italian, the poet's acquaintance with,
8

Italy, Shakespeare's knowledge of,
25-6; translations and perform-
ances of Shakespeare in, 198
Itinerary of Shakespeare's company
in the provinces between 1593 and
1614, 24-5

JAGGARD, Isaac, 166, 167
Jaggard, William, piratically inserts
two of Shakespeare's sonnets in
his 'Passionate Pilgrim,' 70, 90,
163; prints the First Folio, 166,
167

James VI of Scotland and I of Eng-
land, his appreciation of Shake-
speare, 51; his accession to the
English throne, 69; his patronage
of Shakespeare and his company,
118-20; performances of A Win-
ter's Tale and The Tempest before
him, 131-2, 133
James, Sir Henry, 173
Jameson, Mrs., 207

Jansen, Cornelius, alleged portrait of
Shakespeare by, 159
Few of Malta, Marlowe's, 42
Jew... showne at the Bull, a lost
play, 41

John, King, old play on, attributed
to the poet, 89

John, King, Shakespeare's play of,
43. For editions see Section xvii.
(Bibliography), 163-82

Johnson, Dr., his story of Shake-
speare, 20; his edition of Shake-
speare, 177, 178, 179; his reply to
Voltaire, 196

Johnson, Gerard, his monument to
the poet in Stratford Church, 146
Johnson, Robert, lyrics set to music
by, 134

Jonson, Ben, on Shakespeare's lack

of exact scholarship, 9; Shake-
speare takes part in the performance
of Every Man in his Humour and
in Sejanus, 26; on Titus Androni-
cus, 40; on the appreciation of
Shakespeare shown by Elizabeth
and James I, 51; relations with

Shakespeare, 86-7; share in the
appendix to 'Love's Martyr,' 90;
quarrel with Marston and Dekker,
109-13; his Poetaster,' III; allu-
sions to him in the Return from
Parnassus, 112; his scornful criti-
cism of Julius Cæsar, 113; satiric
allusion to A Winter's Tale, 132;
his sneering reference to The
Tempest in Bartholomew Fair, 134;
entertained by Shakespeare at New
Place, Stratford, 144; testimony
to Shakespeare's character, 147;
his tribute to Shakespeare in the
First Folio, 167, 172, 183
Jordan, Mrs., 190

Jordan, Thomas, his lines on men
playing female parts, 188
Jourdain, Sylvester, 132
Jubilee,' Shakespeare's, 187
Julius Cæsar, 107-8; Jonson's hostile
criticism, 113. For editions see
Section xvii. (Bibliography), 163-

182

KEAN, Edmund, 190, 198

La Harpe and the Shakespearean
controversy in France, 197
Lamb, Charles, 136, 190
Lambarde, William, 87
Lambert, Edmund, mortgagee of the
Asbies property, 7, 15, 129
Lambert, John, proposal to confer
upon him an absolute title to the
Asbies property, 15; John Shake-
speare's lawsuit against, 97-8
Lane, Nicholas, a creditor of John
Shakespeare, 92

Langbaine, Gerard, 40, 203
Laroche, Benjamin, translation by,
197

Latin, the poet's acquaintance with,
8-9

'Latten,' use of the word in Shake-
speare, 87

Law, the poet's knowledge of, 20
Lawrence, Henry, his seal beneath
Shakespeare's autograph, 141
Lear, King, date of composition, &c.,
124-6. For editions see Section xvii.
(Bibliography), 163-82
Leblanc, The Abbé, 196

Keller, A., German translation of Legge, Dr. Thomas, a Latin piece

Shakespeare by, 194

Kemble, Charles, 198
Kemble, John Philip, 189

Kemp, William, comedian, plays
at Greenwich Palace, 26; 106,

112

Kenilworth, Elizabeth's visit to, 10,
cf. 76

Ketzcher, N., translation into Russian
by, 199

Killigrew, Thomas, and the substitu-
tion of women for boys in female
parts, 188

King's players, the company of, 22-
25; 118-20

Kirkland, the name of Shakespeare
at, I

Kirkman, Francis, publisher, 90
Knight, Charles, 181

Kok, A. S., translation into Dutch
by, 199

Körner, J., German translation of
Shakespeare by, 194
Kraszewski, Polish translation edited
by, 199

Kreyssig, Friedrich A. T., studies of
the poet by, 195
Kyd, Thomas, influence of, on Shake-
speare, 37, 40, 114

'L., H.,' initials on seal attesting
Shakespeare's autograph. See
Lawrence, Henry


on Richard III by, 38

Leicester, Earl of, his entertainment
of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth,
10, 76; his regiment of Warwick-
shire youths for service in the Low
Countries, 17; his company of
players, 20, 21

Leo, F. A., 195

Leoni, Michele, Italian translation
of the poet issued by, 198
Leopold' Shakspere, the, 182
Lessing, defence of Shakespeare by,
193

L'Estrange, Sir Nicholas, 86

Le Tourneur, Pierre, French prose
translation of Shakespeare by, 197
Lintot, Bernard, 119

Locrine, Tragedie of, 88, 174
Lodge, Thomas, 35, 37; his 'Scillaes
Metamorphosis, 47; his 'Rosa-
lynde' the foundation of As You
Like It, 106

London Prodigall, 89, 174
Lopez, Roderigo, Jewish physician,

Love, treatment of, in sonnets, 55
'Lover' and 'love' synonymous with
'friend' and 'friendship' in Eliza-
bethan English, 63, 66
'Lover's Complaint, A,' possibly
written by Shakespeare, 71
Love's Labour's Lost: Latin phrases
in, 8; publication, &c., 30; influ-

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