Sheldon copy of the First Folio, the,309310
Shelton, Thomas, translator of ‘Don Quixote,’258
Shiels, Robert, compiler of ‘Lives of the Poets,’32n3
Shottery, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage at,19
Shylock, sources of the portrait of,6768andn
Siddons, Mrs. Sarah,337338
Sidney, Sir Philip: on the absence of scenery in a theatre,38n2translation of verses from ‘Diana,’53Shakespeare’s indebtedness to him,61addressed as ‘Willy’ by some of his eulogists,81his ‘Astrophel and Stella,’ brings the sonnet into vogue,83piracy of his sonnets,88n432circulation of manuscript copies of his ‘Arcadia,’88nhis addresses to Cupid in his ‘Astrophel,’97nwarns the public against the insincerity of sonnetteers,104on the conceit of the immortalising power of verse,114his praise of ‘blackness,’119andn1sonnet on ‘Desire,’153use of the word ‘will,’417editions of ‘Astrophel and Stella,’428429popularity of his works,429
Sidney, Sir Robert,382
Singer, Samuel Weller,324
Sly, Christopher, probably drawn from life,164165166167221n
Smethwick, John, bookseller,304
Smith, Richard, publisher,431
Smith, Wentworth,157nplays produced by,180n
Smith, William, sonnets of,138n2157n390437
Smith, Mr. W. H., and the Baconian hypothesis,372
Smithson, Miss, actress,351
Snitterfield, Richard Shakespeare rents land of Robert Arden at,36departure of John Shakespeare, the poet’s father, from,4the Arden property at,7sale of Mary Shakespeare’s property at,12andn1186
Snodham, Thomas, printer,180
Somers, Sir George, wrecked off the Bermudas,252
Somerset House, Shakespeare and his company at,233andn2
Sonnet in France (1550-1600), the, bibliographical note on (Appendix X.),442-5
Sonnets, Shakespeare’s: the poet’s first attempts,84the majority probably composed in 1594,85a few written between 1594 and 1603 (e.g. cvii.)their literary value,8788circulation in manuscript,88396commended by Meres,89their piratical publication in 1609,89-94390their form,9596want of continuity,96100the two ‘groups,’9697main topics of the first ‘group,’9899main topics of the second ‘group,’99100rearrangement in the edition of 1640,100autobiographical only in a limited sense,100109125152160censure of them by Sir John Davies,107their borrowed conceits,109-24indebtedness to Drayton, Petrarch, Ronsard, De Baïf, Desportes, and others,110-12the poet’s claim of immortality for his sonnets,113-16cf.114n1the ‘Will Sonnets,’117(and Appendix VIII)praise of ‘blackness,’118vituperation,120-4‘dedicatory’ sonnets,125seq.the ‘rival poet,’130-6sonnets of friendship,136138-47the supposed story of intrigue153-8summary of conclusions respecting the sonnets,158-60edition of 1640,300
Sonnets, quoted with explanatory comments:xx.93n: xxvi.128n: xxxii.128129n: xxxvii.130xxxviii.129: xxxix.130: xlvi.-xlvii.112113n1lv.115116: lxxiv.130(quot.) : lxxviii.125lxxx.134: lxxxv.133: lxxxvi.132: lxxxviii.133lxxxix.133: xciv.1147289: c.126ciii.126: cvii.13n87147149380cviii.130: cx.44130: cxi.45: cxix.152andncxxiv.425: cxxvi.97andn: cxxvii.118cxxix.152153andn1 : cxxxii.118cxxxv.-cxxxvi.420-424: cxxxviii.89cxliii.93n425426andn: cxliv.89153301cliii.-cliv.113andn2the vogue of the Elizabethan: English sonnettering inaugurated by Wyatt and Surrey,83427428followed by Thomas Watson,83428Sidney’s ‘Astrophel and Stella,’83428429andnpoets celebrate patrons’ virtues in sonnets,84conventional device of sonnetteers of feigning old age,8586nlack of genuine sentiment,100French and Italian models,101andn1102-5Appendices IX. and X.translations from Du Bellay, Desportes, and Petrarch,101andn4102103admissions of insincerity,105censure of false sentiment in sonnets,106Shakespeare’s scornful allusions to sonnets in his plays,107108vituperative sonnets,120-24the word ‘sonnet’ often used for ‘song’ or ‘poem,’427n2I. Collected sonnets of feigned love, 1591-7,429-40II. Sonnets to patrons,440III. Sonnets on philosophy and religion,440441number of sonnets published between 1591 and 1597,439-41various poems in other stanzas practically belonging to the sonnet category,438n2
Soothern, John, sonnets to the Earl of Oxford,138n2
Sophocles, parallelisms with the works of Shakespeare,13n
Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of,53the dedications to him of ‘Venus and Adonis’ and ‘Lucrece,’7477his patronage of Florio,84nhis patronage of Shakespeare,126-50his gift to the poet,126200his youthful appearance,143his identity with the youth of Shakespeare’s sonnets of ‘friendship’ evidenced by his portraits,144andn145146imprisonment,146147380his long hair,146n2his beauty,377his youthful career,374-381as a literary patron,382-9
Southwell, Robert, circulation of incorrect copies of ‘Mary Magdalene’s Tears’ by,88npublication of “A Foure-fould Meditation’ by,92400andn401ndedication of his ‘Short Rule of Life,’397
Southwell, Father Thomas,371
Spanish, translation of Shakespeare’s plays into,354
Spanish Tragedy, Kyd’s, popularity of,65221quoted in theTaming of the Shrew,221n
Spedding, James,262
Spelling of the poet’s name,284-6
Spenser, Edmund: probably attracted to Shakespeare by the poems ‘Venus and Adonis’ and ‘Lucrece,’79his description of Shakespeare in ‘Colin Clouts come home againe,’79Shakespeare’s reference to Spenser’s work inMidsummer Night’s Dream,80Spenser’s allusion to ‘our pleasant Willy’ not a reference to the poet,80andnhis description of the ‘gentle spirit’ no description of Shakespeare,81andn2translation of sonnets from Du Bellay and Petrarch,101called by Gabriel Harvey ‘an English Petrarch,’101and cf.n4on the immortalising power of verse,115his apostrophe to Admiral Lord Charles Howard,140his ‘Amoretti,’115435andn5436dedication of his ‘Faerie Queene,’398
‘Spirituall Sonnettes’ by Constable,440
Sport, Shakespeare’s knowledge of,2627andn173
Staël, Madame de,
Stafford, Lord, his company of actors,33
Stage, conditions of, in Shakespeare’s day: absence of scenery and scenic costume,38andn2the performance of female parts by men or boys,38andn2the curtain and balcony of the stage,38n2
Stanhope of Harrington, Lord,234n
‘Staple of News, The,’ Jonson’s quotations fromJulius Cæsarin,220n
Staunton, Howard,311his edition of the poet,323324
Steele, Richard, on Betterton’s rendering of Othello,334
Steevens, George: his edition of Shakespeare,320his revision of Johnson’s edition,320321his criticisms,320321the ‘Puck of commentators,’321
Stinchcombe Hill referred to as ‘the Hill’ inHenry IV,168
Stopes, Mrs. C. C.,363
Strange, Lord.SeeDerby, Earl of
Straparola, ‘Notti’ of, and theMerry Wives of Windsor,172
Stratford-on-Avon, settlement of John Shakespeare, the poet’s father, at,4property owned by John Shakespeare in,58the poet’s birthplace at,89the Shakespeare Museum at,8297the plague in 1564 at,10actors for the first time at,10and the Reformation,10nthe Shoemakers’ Company and its Master,12n3the grammar school,13Shakespeare’s departure from,272931native place of Richard Field,32allusions in theTaming of the Shrewto,164the poet’s return in 1596 to,187the poet’s purchase of New Place,193appeals from townsmen to the poet for aid,195196the poet’s purchase of land at,203204-6the poet’s last years at,264266attempt to enclose common lands and Shakespeare’s interest in it,269270the poet’s death and burial at,272Shakespeare memorial building at,298the ‘Jubilee’ and the tercentenary,334
Suckling, Sir John,328
‘Sugred,’ an epithet applied to the poet’s work,179andn390
Sullivan, Barry,298
Sully, M. Mounet,351andn1
Sumarakow, translation into Russian by,352
Supposes, the, of George Gascoigne,164
Surrey, Earl of, sonnets of,8395101n4427428
Sussex, Earl of, his company of actors,35Titus Andronicusperformed by,3666
Swedish, translations of Shakespeare in,354
‘Sweet,’ epithet applied to Shakespeare,277
Swinburne, Mr. A. C.,637172n333365
Sylvester, Joshua, sonnets to patrons by,388440andn
T
Taille, Jean de la,445n
Tamburlaine, Marlowe’s,63
Taming of A Shrew,163
Taming of The Shrew: probable period of production,163identical withLove’s Labour’s Won,163andThe Taming of A Shrew,163164the story of Bianca and her lovers and theSupposesof George Gascoigne,164biographical bearing of the Induction,164quotation from theSpanish Tragedy,221nForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),305-25
Tarleton, Richard,81his ‘Newes out of Purgatorie’ and theMerry Wives of Windsor,172
Tasso, similarity of sentiment with that of Shakespeare’s sonnets,152n
‘Teares of Fancy,’ Watson’s,428433
‘Teares of the Isle of Wight,’ elegies on Southampton,389
‘Teares of the Muses,’ Spenser’s, referred to inMidsummer Night’s Dream,80
Tempest,The: traces of the influence of Ovid,1525n43the shipwreck akin to a similar scene inPericles,244probably the latest drama completed by the poet,251and the shipwreck of Sir George Somers’s fleet on the Bermudas,252the source for the plot,253performed at the Princess Elizabeth’s nuptial festivities,254the date of composition,254andnits performance at Whitehall in 1611,254nits lyrics,255andnBen Jonson’s scornful allusion to,255reflects the poet’s highest imaginative powers,256fanciful interpretations of,256257chief characters of,256257andnotes1 and 2.ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-325
Temple Grafton,2324andn
‘Temple Shakespeare, The,’325
Tercentenary festival, the Shakespeare,334
‘Terrors of the Night,’ piracy of,88nnocturnal habits of ‘familiars’ described in,135n
Terry, Miss Ellen,339
Theatre, The, at Shoreditch,32owned by James Burbage,3336Shakespeare at, between 1595 and 1599,37demolished, and the Globe Theatre built with the materials,37
Theatres in London: Blackfriars (q.v.)Curtain (q.v.)Duke’s,295Fortune,212233n1Globe (q.v.)Newington Butts,37Red Bull,31n2Rose (q.v.)Swan,38n2The Theatre, Shoreditch (q.v.)
Theobald, Lewis, his emendations ofHamlet,224publishes a play alleged to be by Shakespeare,258his criticism of Pope,316his edition of the poet’s works,316317
Thomas, Ambroise, opera ofHamletby,351
Thoms, W. J.,363
Thornbury, G. W.,363
Thorpe, Thomas, the piratical publisher of Shakespeare’s Sonnets,89-95his relations with Marlowe,90135nadds ‘A Lover’s Complaint’ to the collection of Sonnets,91his bombastic dedication to ‘Mr. W. H.’,92-5the true history of ‘Mr. W. H.’ and, (Appendix V.)390-405
Three Ladies of London,The, some of the scenes in theMerchant of Veniceanticipated in,67
Thyard, Ponthus de, a member of ‘La Pléiade’443444
Tieck, Ludwig, theory respectingThe Tempestof,254333344
Tilney, Edmund, master of the revels,233n2
Timon of Athens: date of composition,242written in collaboration,242a previous play on the same subject,242its sources,243ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),305-25
Timon, Lucian’s,243
Titus Andronicus: one of the only two plays of the poet’s performed by a company other than his own,36doubts of its authenticity,65internal evidence of Kyd’s authorship,65suggested byTitus and Vespasian,65played by various companies,66entered on the ‘Stationers’ Register’ in 1594,66ForeditionsseeSection xix. (Bibliography),301-25
Titus and Vespasian,Titus Andronicussuggested by,65
Tofte, Robert, sonnets by,438andn2
Topics of the day, Shakespeare’s treatment of,51n,52
Tottel’s ‘Miscellany,’427428
Tours of English actors: in foreign countries between 1580 and 1630,42andseen1in provincial towns,3940-4265214itinerary from 1593 to 1614,40n1231
Translations of the poet’s works,342seq.