A

Account of the Life &c. of Mr.
William Shakespear (1709), Rowe,

43.

All's Well that Ends Well, 138-9,
147; basis of, 164; 173-4, 219.
Antony and Cleopatra, 72, 112,
124-5, 144, 177, 194, 197-8;
223.

Apolionius and Silla (Barnabe
Riche), 68.

Arcadia (Sidney), 66.
Arden, Forest of, 32.

Arden, Mary (mother), 31; death
of, 59.
Ariosto, 75.

As You Like It, 35; basis of, 66,
75, 101, 102, 126, 129, 176, 177.
Aubrey, 41, 44, 48, 58.

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Canning, a story of, 37.
Canterbury Tales (Chaucer), 193.
Chapman, George, 185.
Chronicles (Raphael Holinshed), 47,
67, 68-9, 77, 181.

Cinthio (Giambattista Giraldi), 74,
162-4, 168.

Coleridge, 4, 179, 198, 201.
Comedies (Shakespeare's), criticisms
on, 157-61, 164, 209.

Comedy of Errors, The, 38, 52, 102,
142, 158.

Condell, Henry, 23, 59, 108, 131.
See Heminge.

Coriolanus, 102, 192, 197.
Critics, Romantic, 4, 152; character
studies by, 153-6; 179, 198, 225.
Cymbeline, 47, 56, 67, 128, 140;
Johnson's criticism on, 142; 209.

D

Davenant, Sir William, 44.
Declaration of egregious Popish
Impostures, A (1603), 66.
Description of England (Harrison),
47-8.

Devil on the Highway to Heaven,
The, 104.

Dialogue of Dives, The, 104.
Dorastus and Fawnia (Greene), 66.
Dowdall, John, 44.

Dowden, Prof., 87, 166.

Dr. Faustus (Marlowe), 106.
Dryden, 21, 45, 69.

E

Edward II. (Marlowe), 106, 181.
Elizabeth (Queen), 55.
Elizabethan actors, versatility of,
100.

drama, beginnings of, 97;
crisis of, 103.

Essays of Elia, The (Lamb), 74.
Essex, Earl of, 56.

Euphues (Lyly), 66.

F

Fate, 159-62, 179, 226.

Fechter, the actor, in Othello, 145.
Fenton, Geoffrey, 163.
Fletcher, John, 212.
Fortune theatre, 117.

G

Garrick, David, 118, 146.
Giraldi, Giambattista. See Cinthio.
Globe theatre (Southwark), 54, 59,
102, 115; built (1599), 117, 118.
Goethe, 198.

Gorboduc, first English tragedy,
103.

Gray, Thomas, 225.

Greene, Robert, 103-5, 107.

Greenwich Palace, 55.

Groatsworth of Wit (Greene), 104.

H

Hall (chronicler), 41, 69.
Hall, John (son-in-law), 59.
Hall, William, 86.

Halliwell-Phillipps, Mr., 131.
Hamlet, 7, 17, 27, 57, 85, 96, 101,

112, 114, 123, 130, 134, 142, 147-
48, 153 4, 159-60, 162, 169, 184,
197, 198; criticisms on, 199, 211,
218.

Harman, Thomas, 51.

Hathaway, Anne (wife), 42.
Hazlitt, 81, 164.

Hecatommithi, The (Cinthio), 74.
Heminge, John, 23, 59, 108, 131.
See Condell.

Henry IV., 47, 66, 139-40, 146, 151,
181, 183; Falstaff in, 186-90.
Henry V., 37; dedication of, 56;
69, 186.

Henry VI., 47; parodied, 107-8;
192.

Henry VIII., 56, 99.

Historical Plays (Shakespeare's),
180; dramatic unity of, 183;
politics in, 181; 213.

Macbeth, 4, 17, 24, 56, 58, 67, 69-
70, 77, 102, 123, 125, 142, 145,
159, 175, 185, 198, 216, 223.
Machiavel, 64, 75, 163.
Madden, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, 34.
Manningham, John (Diary), 57.
Marlowe, 65, 80, 84-5, 103, 106,
112, 160-1, 173.

Measure for Measure, 19, 53, 55;
derivation of plot, 74; 128, 131,
148-9, 157; criticism of, 164-5,
194, 211, 218.

Merchant of Venice, 57; derivation

of, 74; 101, 126, 132, 134, 150-1,
154, 157, 164, 169, 194, 220.
Meredith, George, 21.
Meres, Francis, 86, 108.

Merry Wives, The, 38; origin of,
45; 56, 158; Falstaff in, 190-1.

Palace of Pleasure (Painter), 67.
Pater, Walter, 69.
Peele, 103-5.

Pembroke, William, Earl of, 56.
Pericles, 53.

Plays (Shakespeare's), First Folio
edition of, 2, 56, 59; misleading
division of, 128; 212, 218; jesters
in, 100-2, 193; genesis of, 108-17.
Poetry of the period, 79-80.
Pope, appreciation by, 21, 22, 174.
Promos and Cassandra (George
Whetstone), 75.

Proverbs in Shakespeare's plays, 78.

Q

Richard (grandfather), 29.

Susanna (daughter), 42, 43, 59.
William, appearance, 1; as
man and writer, 2, 5-8, 10, 19;
personal character, 13-16; re-
ligion, 18, 61-2, 173; politics, 19,
191-3; epitaph, 20; ancestry,
29-31; education, 32, 38-41, 193;
ignorance of Natural History, 35-
38; youth, 42, 44; marriage (1582),
42; children, 42; leaves Strat-
ford for London (1585), 42-3;
early years in London, 45-6, 56-
57; knowledge of the town, 52-3;
of the people, 54-5; friends, 55-
56; beginning of fame, 55; before
royalty, 55; familiarity with
court life, 56; acquires property
at Stratford, 58; annual visits to,
58; retires to, 59, 212; death
and burial, 59, 114; his will, 59,
61; reading, 63; favourite books,
65; Biblical knowledge, 74; lin-
guistic knowledge, 74-5; first
noticed as dramatist (1592), 107;
attached to king's company of
players, 117.

Dramatic writings: Folio edi-
tion (1623), 2; width of outlook
in, 20, 132, 140, 164, 171-2,
181; contrasted with Homer,
22; craftsmanship in, 23;
materials and methods, 26-8, 46,
133-47, 156-7, 210; poet before
dramatist, 63; sources of sug-
gestion, 66-78, 162; compared
with Montaigne, 76; touched by
spirit of Renaissance, 83-4; cult
of beauty, 84; influence of Mar-
lowe ou, 84-5; early efforts, 94;
popular, not courtly, 106; accused
of plagiarism, 107; style, 24,
113, 215, 225; rate of literary
production, 114; greatest dra-
matic period, 118; stagecraft,
120-5; chief artistic offence, 125;
unity of impression, 125; comedy
akin to tragedy, 130-3, in contact
with, 182; creative genius, 148-
51; compared with Chaucer, 193;
allusions to philosophy, 195-6;
last phase, 209; collaborates with
J. Fletcher, 212-13; wealth of
expression, 216-24; last play,
225; parting words, 226-7. See
Critics and Plays.
Shakespeare's Sonnets, Never before
Imprinted (1609), 85-94.
Southampton, Earl of, 55, 56.
Spanish Tragedy (Kyd), 105.
St. George (rustic play), 95.
Stopes, Mrs., 31.

Stratford, 29-48, 58-9; dramatic
opportunities of, 95, 96, 97.
Suckling, Sir John, 2.
Surrey, Earl of, 79.

T

Tamburlaine (Marlowe), 105.
Taming of a Shrew, The, 110; by
whom written, 111-12, 114.

Taming of the Shrew, The, 31, 52,

110, 156.

Tarlton, Richard, 99-100.

Tempest, The, 53, 56, 76, 209, 210,
214-15, 225-6.

Thorpe, Thomas, 86, 87, 89.

Timon of Athens, 73, 112-14, 115,
191, 211.

Titus Andronicus, 84, 108, 125.
Tragedies (Shakespeare's), criticism

on, 193-208, 210-12.

Troilus and Cressida, 24-5; style

of, 115-17; 129, 131, 171, 201.
Twelve Labours of Hercules, The,
104.

Twelfth Night, 52, 56; derivation
of, 68; 100, 101, 123, 136-7, 159,
160, 194.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, The, 36,
136, 173, 221-2.

Two Noble Kinsmen, The (Fletcher),
212-13.

U

University Wits, 80, 103-4, 107.

V

Venus and Adonis, 35, 39; success
of, 55; 80-5.

W

Ward, John, 22, 44, 58.
Whetstone, George, 148.

Winter's Tale, The, 42; basis of
plot, 66, 68, 129, 137-8, 140, 209,
220, 221.

Women in Shakespeare's plays,
31-2, 82, 135, 152-3, 155-6, 168-
71, 173-80, 205-8; none on public
stage, 119.

Wordsworth, 84.