Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

male, deceased (1593)
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William...
Francis Beaumont

Francis Beaumont

male, deceased (1616)
Francis Beaumont (1584 - March 6 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher....
Thomas Middleton

Thomas Middleton

male, deceased (1627)
Thomas Middleton (1580 - 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most...
William Davenant

William Davenant

male, deceased (1668)
Sir William Davenant (February 28, 1606 - April 7, 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew,...

Andrew Gurr

male, 72 years old
Andrew John Gurr (born December 23, 1936) is a contemporary literary scholar who specializes in William Shakespeare and English Renaissance...
Augustine Phillips

Augustine Phillips

male, deceased (1605)
Augustine Phillips (d. May 1605) was an Elizabethan actor who performed in troupes with Edward Alleyn and William Shakespeare. He was one of the...
Cyrus Hoy

Cyrus Hoy

male
Cyrus Hoy is a contemporary literary scholar who has taught at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University, and is currently the John B....

Francis Langley

male, deceased (1601)
Francis Langley (1550 - 1601) was a theatre builder and theatrical producer in Elizabethan era London. After James Burbage and Philip Henslowe,...

Nicholas Tooley

male, deceased (1623)
Nicholas Tooley (c. 1575 - June 1623) was a Renaissance actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Men and King's Men, the acting companies for which...

Henry Herringman

male, deceased (1704)
Henry Herringman (1628 - 1704) was a prominent London bookseller and publisher in the second half of the seventeenth century. He is especially...