Combe, Thomas: Shakespeare bequeathes him his sword, 84.
Combe, William (uncle of John): associated with John C. in sale of arable land, 39–41, 63.
Combe, William (nephew of John): sued in chancery by Lane, Greene, and Shakespeare, 62–63; attempts enclosures at Welcombe, 76, 78.
Comedy of Errors: conjecture about, 14; performed at court (‘the Play of Errors’), 51; at Gray’s Inn, 101, 138; Twelfth Night likened to, 108; date of, 120; metrical features, 127; contains Shakespeare’s sole allusion to America, 156.
Condell, Henry: actor in Every Man in his Humour and Sejanus, 27–28; one of ‘King’s Men,’ 46, 49; mentioned in A. Phillips’ will, 52; in Shakespeare’s, 85; signs, with Heminge, epistles in Shakespeare Folio, 87–91; actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Conway, Sir Edward: defaulting tithe holder, 61.
Conway, Sir John: 23.
Cook, Alexander: actor in Jonson’s Sejanus, 28 (note); mentioned in A. Phillips’ will, 52; one of actors in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Cope, Sir Walter: his letter about Love’s Labour’s Lost, 102, 133.
Coriolanus: prose in, 124; metrical features, 125–126, 127.
Cotswold hills: Shakespeare’s fondness for, 151, 156.
Court, plays performed at: 14, 50–51, 115, 132–133.
Cowley, Richard: one of ‘King’s Men,’ 46, 49; mentioned in A. Phillips’ will, 52; actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Cranborne, Viscount (Sir Robert Cecil): Cope’s letter to, 102, 133.
Cross, Samuel: actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Cross Keys inn-yard: Shakespeare’s company acting at, 129–130.
Cunningham, Peter: records discovered by, 51, 115.
‘Curtain’ Theatre: 20; account of 129, 130.
Cymbeline: Forman’s account of, 112–113; metrical features, 127.
Daborne, Robert: mentioned with Shakespeare in spurious warrant, 100.
