Forman, Simon: notes on plays seen at the Globe, 110–114.
Fortescue, John: former tenant of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars property, 71.
Fortune Theatre: 131.
Freeman, Thomas: his sonnet on Shakespeare, 74–75,
Froissart, Jean: ultimate progenitor of Shakespeare’s view of history, 147.
Gardiner, James: former tenant of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars property, 71.
Gesta Grayorum: account of Comedy of Errors in, 101.
Getley, Walter: conveys to Shakespeare a cottage, 43–45,
Gilburne, Samuel: actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Globe Theatre: Shakespeare part owner of, 31–32; ‘usual house’ of King’s Men, 46; 56; pun on, 94; plays performed at, 103, 106, 110, 113, 114; burned, 114; its history, 131.
Goughe, Robert: actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Gray’s Inn: Comedy of Errors performed at, 101.
Greene, Robert: his attack on Shakespeare, 9–10, 11.
Greene, Thomas: Shakespeare’s cousin and legal adviser, 55; joins the poet in chancery suit over tithe property, 59–63; associated with him in agreement about Welcombe enclosures, 75–76; notes by him, 77–78.
Greenwich Palace: plays before Elizabeth there, 14, 133; King James’s residence, 47.
Greville, Sir Edward: lord of the manor of Stratford, 23, 29; defaulting tithe holder, 61.
Greville, Sir Fulke: 23.
Hakluyt, Richard: alluded to, 157.
Hall, Elizabeth: Shakespeare’s granddaughter, 6; baptism, 57; bequests to her in the poet’s will, 83, 86.
Hall, John: Shakespeare’s son-in-law, 6; marriage to Susanna Shakespeare, 55, 57; his opinion on Welcombe enclosure scheme, 77; beneficiary and executor of the poet’s will, 86.
Hamlet: acted at Cambridge, 39; and Oxford, 134; Scoloker’s allusion to, 50; acted at sea, 108–109; text of, 116, 117, 118; quarto editions, 119; metrical features, 127; the pre-Shakespearean play, 181; fantastic interpretations of, 150; quoted, 158, 159.
