Macbeth, 41, 44, 83, 92, 100, 102, 103, 108, 121, 187-190, 191, 202.

Malone, E., 129, 184, 207.

Malvolio, 170.

Manly, J. M., 34.

Manningham, J., diary, 76, 171.

Marina, 197, 198.

Marlowe, C., 2, 31-32, 132, 135, 136, 140, 153, 163.

Masculine endings, 80.

Masque, 33.

Masque of Oberon, 204.

Mass, Drama at, 21.

Measure for Measure, 76, 83, 109, 112, 121, 176-177.

Meighen, 124.

Menaechmi, 110.

Menander, 20.

Mennes, Sir J., 3.

Merchant of Venice, 10, 42, 44, 77, 83, 96, 97, 101, 110, 112, 117, 120, 132, 133, 159-161.

Mercutio, 144.

Meres, F., 10, 67 n., 76-77, 137, 142, 149, 151, 156, 161, 167, 169, 171, 175, 179.

Merry Devil of Edmonton, 211.

Merry Wives of Windsor, 110, 117, 118, 120, 124, 163-165.

Meter, 86-87.

Middle Temple, 171.

Middleton, T., 189.

Midsummer Night's Dream, 10, 77, 83, 117, 120, 132, 133, 149-151.

Milton, J., 64, 65.

Miracle plays, 23.

Miranda, 206.

Mirrour for Magistrates, 187.

Mirrour of Martyrs, 179.

Montaigne, Essays of, 207.

Montemayor, J. de, 149.

Moralities, 26-27.

More, Sir T., 136. See under Sir.

Mountjoy, C., 13-14.

Mountjoy, Mary, 13.

Much Ado About Nothing, 71, 83, 101, 110, 121, 165-167, 169.

Myrrha, 177.

Nash, T., 8, 31, 135, 182.

Nashe, T., 19.

Neilson, W. A., 129, 135, 205.

New Place, 16, 17.

News out of Purgatorie, 165.

Nice Wanton, 27.

North, Sir T., 108, 158, 179, 192, 193.

Oberon, 149.

Octavia, 190.

Oldcastle, Sir John, 120, 125, 211.

Olivia, 170.

Orator, The, 161.

Order of the plays, 83.

Ordish, T. F., 59.

Orlando, 168.

Orlando Furioso, 167.

Othello, 100, 101, 109, 117, 124, 182-185, 191.

Ovid, 61, 152.

Pageants, 25.

Painter, W., 110, 148, 176, 195.

Palace of Pleasure, 110, 195. See Painter.

Palladis Tamia, 10, 77.

Pandarus, 172.

Pandosto, 110, 204.

Passionate Pilgrim, 70, 71, 113.

Patterne of Painful Adventures, 200.

Pavier, T., 120-121, 124.

Pavy, S., 50.

Pecorone, Il, 110.

Peele, G., 8, 31, 135.

Pembroke, Earl of, 67.

Perdita, 199, 203.

Pericles, 103, 109, 117, 119, 120, 128, 129, 197-200.

Petrarch, 64.

Petruchio, 162.

Phoenix and the Turtle, The, 70.

Pistol, 158, 159.

Plautus, 10, 11, 29, 110, 148.

Pliny, 184.

Plots, 106.

Plutarch's Lives, 108-109, 179, 192, 193, 195.

Poetaster, 174.

Pollard, A. W., 120.

Polonius, 181.

Pope, A., 127, 128.

Popish Impostures, Declaration of, 186.

Portia, 160, 179.

Posthumus, 200.

Printing, Conditions of, 114-116.

Private theaters, 45.

Promos and Cassandra, 112, 177.

Prospero, 199, 206.

Proteus, 149.

Puck (Robin Goodfellow), 149.

Puritaine, The, 125, 211.

Puritan Widow, v.s.

Puritans, 15.

Pyramus and Thisbe, 150, 152.

Quartos, 114.

Quiney, T., 17.

Ralph Roister Doister, 29.

Rare Triumphs, etc., 202.

Reformation, 52.

Renaissance, 21, 29.

Reynolds, G. F., 50.

Richard, Duke of York, True Tragedy of, 134. Same as II Contention, q.v.

Richard II, 10, 77, 83, 117, 119, 121, 137, 138-140, 154.

Richard III, 10, 32, 77, 83, 91, 92, 98-99, 101, 111, 117, 119, 121, 133, 135-136, 137.

Richardus Tertius, 136.

Richard III, True Tragedy of, 111, 136.

Riche, B., 171.

Rime, 81-82, 87-88.

Roberts, J., 120.

Robertson, W., 142.

Robin Hood, 28, 167.

Rome, 21.

Romeo and Giulietta, 144.

Romeo and Juliet, 11, 41, 42, 71, 77, 83, 90, 101, 112, 116, 117-119, 121, 122, 131, 132, 143-145, 150, 185.

Romeus and Juliet, 145.

Roofs on theaters, 46.

Rosalind, 166.

Rosalynde, 110, 169, 171.

Rose Theater, 37, 135.

Rowe, N., 7, 127.

Rowley, W., 200.

Run on lines, 79 ff.

Rutland, Earl of, 17.

St. Paul's, 13, 56.

Salisbury Court, 46.

Saxo Grammaticus, 182.

Schelling, F. E., 34, 50, 135.

School of Abuse, 161.

Second Shepherd's Play, 25.

Sejanus, 12.

Seneca, 10, 20, 29, 30.

Sequence, see Sonnet.

Sequence of plays, 83.

Shakespeare Allusion Book, 11 n.

Shakespeare, Hamnet, 5, 6, 17.

Shakespeare, John, 3, 4, 6, 16, 17.

Shakespeare, Judith, 5, 17, 18, 19.

Shakespeare, Richard, 4.

Shakespeare, Susanna, 5, 17, 19.

Shakespeare, William, our knowledge of his life, 1; birth, 2; education, 4; marriage, 5; deer-stealing, 7; life in London, 8-16; return to Stratford, 16; death, 17; portraits, tomb, will, 18; descendants, 19; allusions to, 8-17; as an actor, 12; residence with Mountjoy, 13; income, 15; grant of arms to, 16; compared with Jonson, 56; and passim.

Shakespearean Tragedy, 195.

Shallow, 7, 158.

Shottery, 6.

Shylock, 92-93, 159, 160.

Sidea, Die Schöne, 207.

Sidney, Sir P., 111, 115, 187.

Silvayn, A., 161.

Silver Street, 13.

Silvia, 149.

Sims, V., 119.

Sir Andrew, 170.

Sly, 162.

Smethwick, I., 121-124.

Somers, Sir G., 78.

Sonnets, 63-70, 113.

Sophocles, 20.

Southampton, Earl of, 10, 67-68.

Spanish Tragedy, 32, 182.

Spenser, E., 10, 187.

Stage, The, 40-45.

Stage costumes and settings, 42-44.

Stage, Effect of, on drama, 46.

Stationers' Register, 75, 114-115, 118, etc.

Steevens, G., 129.

Stephenson, H. T., 59.

Strachey, W., 207.

Strange, Lord, 48, 135.

Straparola, 110.

Stratford, 2.

Supposes, 163.

Surrey, Earl of, 65.

Swan Theater, 37.