Chapter 15

Hathaway, Anne. See Shakespeare, Anne

Hathaway, Catherine, sister of Anne Hathaway,19

Hathaway, Joan, mother of Anne Hathaway,19

Hathaway, Richard, marriage of his daughter Anne (or Agnes) to the poet,1819-22his position as a yeoman,1819his will,19

Haughton, William,48n418

Hawthorne, Nathaniel,371

Hazlitt, William, and Shakespearean criticism,333364365

Healey, John,400403n2408409

‘Hecatommithi,’ Cinthio’s, Shakespeare’s indebtedness to,1453236

Heine, studies of Shakespeare’s heroines by,345

Helena inAll’s Well that Ends Well,163

Heming, John (actor-friend of Shakespeare), wrongly claimed as a native of Stratford,31n36202203264the poet’s bequest to,276signs dedication of First Folio,303306

Henderson, John, actor,337

Heneage, Sir Thomas,375n3

Henley-in-Arden,4

Henrietta Maria, Queen, billeted on Mrs. Hall (the poet’s daughter) at Stratford,281

Henry IV(parts i. and ii.): passage ridiculing the affectations ofEuphues,62nsources drawn upon,167Justice Shallow,29168references to persons and districts familiar to the poet,167168the characters,68169170ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-325

Henry V,The Famous Victories of, the groundwork ofHenry Vand ofHenry V,167174

Henry V: French dialogues,1disdainful allusion to sonnetteering,108date of production173imperfect drafts of the play,173First Folio version of 1623,173the comic characters,173the victory of Agincourt,174the poet’s final experiment in the dramatisation of English history,174the allusions to the Earl of Essex,175ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-25

Henry VI(pt. i.): performed at the Rose Theatre in 1592,56Nash’s remarks on,5657first publication,58contains only a slight impress of the poet’s style,59performed by Lord Strange’s men,59

Henry VI(pt. ii.): parallel in theŒdipus Coloneusof Sophocles with a passage in,13npublication of a first draft with the title ofThe first part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster,59performed by Lord Strange’s men,59revision of the play,60the poet’s coadjutors in the revision,60

Henry VI(pt. iii.): performed by a company other than the poet’s own,36performed in the autumn of 1592,57publication of a first draft of the play under the title ofThe True Tragedie of Richard,Duke of Yorke,&c.,59performed by Lord Pembroke’s men,3659partly remodelled,60the poet’s coadjutors in the revision,60ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-25

Henry VIII,174attributed to Shakespeare and Fletcher,259noticed by Sir Henry Wotton,260first publication,261the portions that can confidently be assigned to Shakespeare,262uncertain authorship of Wolsey’s farewell to Cromwell,262Fletcher’s share,262ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-25

Henryson, Robert,227

Henslowe, Philip, erects the Rose Theatre,36bribes a publisher to abandon the publication ofPatient Grissell,48n180n225260

‘Heptameron of Civil Discources,’ Whetstone’s,237

‘Herbert, Mr. William,’ his alleged identity with ‘Mr. W. H.’ (Appendix VI.),406-10

Herder, Johann Gottfried,343

‘Hero and Leander,’ Marlowe’s, quotation inAs You Like It, from,64

Herringman, H.,313

Hervey, Sir William,375n3

Hess, J. R.,342

Heyse, Paul, German translation of Shakespeare by,344

Heywood, Thomas, his allusion to the dislike of actors to the publication of plays,48nhis poems pirated in the ‘Passionate Pilgrim,’182301328

Hill, John, marriage of his widow, Agnes or Anne, to Robert Arden,6

Holinshed’s ‘Chronicles,’ materials taken by Shakespeare from,17476364167239241249

Holland, translations of Shakespeare in,352

Holland, Hugh,306

Holmes, Nathaniel,372

Holmes, William, bookseller,403n1

Holofernes, quotes Latin phrases from Lily’s grammar,15groundless assumption that he is a caricature of Florio,51n84n

Horace, his claim for the immortality of verse,114andn1116n

Hotspur,168169

Howard of Effingham, the Lord Admiral, Charles, Lord, his company of actors,35its short alliance with Shakespeare’s company,37Spenser’s sonnet to,140

Hudson, Rev. H. N.,325

Hughes, Mrs. Margaret, plays female parts in the place of boys,335

Hughes, William, and ‘Mr. W. H.,’93n

Hugo, Francois Victor, translation of Shakespeare by,350

Hugo, Victor,350

Humourous Day’s Mirth,An,51n

Hungary, translations and performances of Shakespeare in,353

Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain), George Carey, second Lord, his company of players,35promotion of the company to be the King’s players on the accession of King James,35

Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain), Henry Carey, first Lord, his company of players,35Shakespeare a member of this company,36

Hunt, Thomas, master of Stratford Grammar School,13

Hunter, Rev. Joseph,333363406

‘Huon of Bordeaux,’ hints for the story of Oberon from,162

‘Hymn,’ use of the word as the title of poems,133134135n

‘Hymnes of Astræa,’ Sir John Davies’s,440

I

‘Idea’,’ title of Drayton’s collection of sonnets,104105434

‘Ignoto,’183

Immortality of verse, claimed by Shakespeare for his sonnets,113114115andna common theme with classical and French writers,114andn1treated by Drayton and Daniel,115

Imogen, the character of,249250

Income, Shakespeare’s,196-204

Incomes of actors,198199andn2

India, translations and representations of Shakespeare in,354

Ingannati, (Gl’), its resemblance toTwelfth Night,210

Ingram, Dr., on the ‘weak endings’ in Shakespeare,49n

Ireland forgeries, the (Appendix 1.),366

Ireland, Samuel, on the poaching episode,28

Irishman, the only, in Shakespeare’sdramatis personæ,173

Irving, Sir Henry,339

Italian, the poet’s acquaintance with,14-16cf.66n3

Italy, Shakespeare’s knowledge of,43translations and performances of Shakespeare in,352the original home of the sonnet,442n2list of sonnetteers of the sixteenth century in,442n2

Itinerary of Shakespeare’s company in the provinces between 1593 and 1614,40andn1

J

Jaggard, Isaac,305

Jaggard, William, piratically inserts two of Shakespeare’s sonnets in his ‘Passionate Pilgrim,’89182299390396prints the First Folio,303304

James VI of Scotland and I of England, his favour bestowed on actors,41n1sonnets to,440his appreciation of Shakespeare,82his accession to the English throne,147148149grants a license to the poet and his company,230his patronage of Shakespeare and his company232-4411performances ofA Winter’s TaleandThe Tempestbefore him,251andn254255256n

James, Sir Henry,311

Jameson, Mrs.,365

Jamyn, Amadis,432443444n

Jansen, Cornelius, alleged portrait of Shakespeare by,294

Jansen or Janssen, Gerard,276

Jeronimo, resemblance between the stories ofHamletand,221n

Jew of Malta, Marlowe’s,68

Jew . . . showne at the Bull, a lost play,67

Jodelle, Estienne, resemblances in ‘Venus and Adonis’ to a poem by,75n2his parody of the vituperative sonnet,121122andnand ‘La Pléiade,’443

John, King, old play on, attributed to the poet,181

John,King, Shakespeare’s play of, printed in 1623,69the originality and strength of the three chief characters in,6970ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography)301-325

Johnson, Dr., his story of Shakespeare,33his edition of Shakespeare,319320321his reply to Voltaire,348

Johnson, Gerard, his monument to the poet in Stratford Church,276

Johnson, Robert, lyrics set to music by,255andn

Jones, Inigo, designs scenic decoration for masques,38n2

Jonson, Ben, on Shakespeare’s lack of exact scholarship,16Shakespeare takes part in the performance ofEvery Man in his Humourand inSejanus,44onTitus Andronicus,65on the appreciation of Shakespeare shown by Elizabeth and James I,82on metrical artifice in sonnets,106n1use of the word ‘lover,’127nidentified by some as the ‘rival poet,’136his ‘dedicatory’ sonnets,138n2his apostrophe of the Earl of Desmond,140relations with Shakespeare,176177gift of Shakespeare to his son,177share in the appendix to ‘Love’s’ Martyr,’183quarrel with Marston and Dekker,214-20his ‘Poetaster,’217218andnallusions to him in theReturn from Parnassus,219his scornful criticism ofJulius Cæsar,220nsatiric allusion toA Winters Tale,251his sneering reference toThe TempestinBartholomew Fair,255entertained by Shakespeare at New Place, Stratford,271testimony to Shakespeare’s character,277his tribute to Shakespeare in the First Folio,306311327hisHue and Cry after Cupid,432n2Thorpe’s publication of some of his works,395n3401

Jordan, John, forgeries of (Appendix 1.),365366

Jordan, Mrs.,338339

Jordan, Thomas, his lines on men playing female parts,335n

Jourdain, Sylvester,252

‘Jubilee,’ Shakespeare’s,334

Julius Cæsar: use of the word ‘lovers,’127nplot drawn from Plutarch,211date of production,211a play of the same title acted in 1594,211general features of the play211212Jonson’s hostile criticism,220nForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-25

Jusserand, M. J. J.,42n1348n1351n2

K

Kean, Edmund,338351

Keller, A., German translation of Shakespeare by,344

Kemble, Charles,351

Kemble, John Philip,337

Kemp, William, comedian, plays at Greenwich Palace,43208219

Kenilworth, Elizabeth’s visit to,17cf.162

Ketzcher, N., translation into Russian by,353

Killigrew, Thomas, and the substitution of women for boys in female parts,334

King’s players, the company of,35Shakespeare one of its members,36the poet’s plays performed almost exclusively by,36theatres at which it performed,3637provincial towns which it visited between 1594 and 1614,40andn1King James’s license to,230231

Kirkland, the name of Shakespeare at,1

Kirkman, Francis, publisher,181

Knight, Charles,324

Knollys, Sir William,415n

Kok, A. S., translation in Dutch by,352

Körner, J., German translation of Shakespeare by,345

Kraszewski, Polish translation edited by,353

Kreyssig, Friedrich A. T., studies of the poet by,345

Kyd, Thomas, influence of, on Shakespeare,61222nandTitus Andronicus,65hisSpanish Tragedy,65221and the story of Hamlet,221andnShakespeare’s acquaintance with his work,222n

L

‘L., H.,’ initials on seal attesting Shakespeare’s autograph.SeeLawrence, Henry

La Harpe and the Shakespearean controversy in France,349

Labé, Louise,445n

Lamb, Charles,259338

Lambarde, William,175

Lambert, Edmund, mortgagee of the Asbies property,1226164

Lambert, John, proposal to confer upon him an absolute title to the Asbies property,26John Shakespeare’s lawsuit against,195

Lane, Nicholas, a creditor of John Shakespeare,186

Langbaine, Gerard,66362

Laroche, Benjamin, translation by,350

Latin, the poet’s acquaintance with,131516

‘Latten,’ use of the word in Shakespeare,177n

‘Laura,’ Shakespeare’s allusion to her as Petrarch’s heroine,108title of Tofte’s collection of sonnets,438

Law, the poet’s knowledge of,32and cf.n2 and107

Lawrence, Henry, his seal beneath Shakespeare’s autograph,267

Lear,King: date of composition,241produced at Whitehall,241Butter’s imperfect editions,241sources of story,241the character of the King,242ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography)301-25

Legal terminology in plays and poems of the Shakespearean period,32n2430cf.107

Legge, Dr. Thomas, a Latin piece on Richard III by,63

Leicester, Earl of, his entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth,17162his regiment of Warwickshire youths for service in the Low Countries,30his company of players,3335

Leo, F. A.346

Leoni, Michele, Italian translation of the poet issued by,352

‘Leopold’ Shakspere, the,325

Lessing, defence of Shakespeare by,343

L’Estrange, Sir Nicholas,176

Le Tourneur, Pierre, French prose translation of Shakespeare by,349

‘Licia,’ Fletcher’s collection of sonnets called,77n2103105113n5433

Linche, Richard, his sonnets entitled ‘Diella,’437

Lintot, Bernard,231

Locke (or Lok), Henry, sonnets by,388441

Locrine,Tragedie of,179

Lodge, Thomas,5761his ‘Scillaes Metamorphosis’ drawn upon by Shakespeare for ‘Venus and Adonis,’75andn2his plagiarisms,103andn3433comparison of lips with coral in ‘Phillis,’118n2his ‘Rosalynde’ the foundation ofAs You Like It,209his ‘Phillis,’417433

London Prodigall,180313

Lope de Vega dramatises the story of Romeo and Juliet,55n1

Lopez, Roderigo, Jewish physician,68andn

Lorkin, Rev. Thomas, on the burning of the Globe Theatre,261n

Love, treatment of, in Shakespeare’s sonnets,97andn98112113andn2in the sonnets of other writers,104-6113n2

‘Lover’ and ‘love’ synonymous with ‘friend’ and ‘friendship’ in Elizabethan English,127n

‘Lover’s Complaint, A,’ possibly written by Shakespeare,91


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