See also:

• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), JAMES (1596-1666)
• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), SIR ANTHONY (1565-c. 1635)
• SHIRLEY, WILLIAM (1694-1771)

SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES (1596-1666)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1596 . He belonged to the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of English dramatic literature, but, in See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Lamb's words, he " claims a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the worthies of this period, not so much for any transcendent See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius in himself, as that he was the last of a great See also:

• RACE

race, all of whom spoke nearly the same See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and had a set of moral feelings and notions in See also:

• COMMON

common." His career of playwriting extended from 1625 to the suppression of See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage plays by See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1642 . He was educated at See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant Taylors' school, St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in or before 1618 . His first poem, See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

Echo, or the Unfortunate Lovers (of which no copy is known, but which is probably the same as See also:

• NARCISSUS

Narcissus of 1646), was published in 1618 . After proceeding to M.A. he was, See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood says, " a See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• GOD

God's word in or near St Albans." In consequence apparently of his See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic faith he See also:

• LEFT

left his living, and was See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of St Albans See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school from 1623-1625 . His first See also:

• PLAY

play, Love Tricks, seems to have been written while he was teaching at St Albans . He removed in 1625 to London, where he lived in See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray's See also:

• INN

Inn, and for eighteen years from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was a prolific writer for the stage, producing more than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty See also:

• REGULAR

regular plays, tragedies and comedies, and showing no sign of exhaustion when a stop was put to his occupation by the Puritan See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict of 1642 . See also:

• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), JAMES (1596-1666)
• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), SIR ANTHONY (1565-c. 1635)
• SHIRLEY, WILLIAM (1694-1771)

Shirley's sympathies were with the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king in his disputes with parliament and he received marks of See also:

• SPECIAL

special favour from the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen . He made a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter attack on See also:

• PRYNNE, WILLIAM (1600-1669)

Prynne, who had attacked the stage in Histriomastix; and, when in 1634 a special masque was presented at See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall by the gentlemen of the Inns of See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court as a See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical reply to Prynne, Shirley supplied the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text—The See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

Triumph of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace . Between 1636 and 164o Shirley went to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, under the patronage apparently of the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• KILDARE

Kildare . Three or four of his plays were produced by his friend John See also:

• OGILBY, JOHN (1600–1676)

Ogilby in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin in the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre in Werburgh See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, the first ever built in Ireland and at the time of Shirley's visit only one See also:

• YEAR

year old . On the outbreak of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war he seems to have served with the earl of See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle, but when the king's fortunes began to decline he returned to London .

He owed something to the kindness of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley, but supported himself chiefly by teaching, See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing some educational See also:

• WORKS

works under the Common-See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . Besides these he published during the period of dramatic See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse four small volumes of poems and plays, in- 1646, 1653, 1655 and 1659 . He"was a drudge" for Ogilby in his See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and survived into the reign of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., but, though some of his comedies were revived, he did not again See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to write for the stage . Wood says that he and his second wife died of fright and exposure after the great See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, and were buried at St See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles's-in-the-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields on the 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1666 . Shirley was born to great dramatic wealth, and he handled it freely . He constructed his own plots out of the abundance of materials that had been accumulated during thirty years of unexampled dramatic activity . He did not See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain after novelty of situation or See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, but worked with confident ease and buoyant copiousness on the See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar lines, contriving situations on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river, is See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald, whence a railway runs past Chiromo to See also:

• BLANTYRE
• BLANTYRE (Gaelic, " the warm retreat")

Blantyre . Below Port Herald the See also:

• SHIRE

Shire is navigable all the year See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round . See See also:

• ZAMBEZI

ZAMBEZI and See also:

• BRITISH

BRITISH CENTRAL See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

AFRICA .