Sejanus, 27–28; one of ‘King’s Men,’ 46, 49; actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Snitterfield: probable birthplace of Shakespeare’s father, 1.
Somerset House: ‘King’s Men’ in attendance on Spanish ambassador at, 49; wills preserved at, 52, 82.
Sonnets, Shakespeare’s: quarto edition of, 116, 119; allusion to traveling of actors in, 134; their doubtful connection with Southampton, 136; quoted, 153.
sources of Shakespeare’s works: tabular statement, facing 120.
Southampton, Countess of: 105.
Southampton, Earl of: patron of Shakespeare’s poems, 11–13; spurious letter ascribed to, 98–99; 136.
Southwark: spurious lists of inhabitants, including Shakespeare, 98, 99; Edmund Shakespeare buried in, 56. See also Bankside.
Spanish ambassador (Velasco): grooms of royal chamber in attendance on, 49–50.
speech-endings in Shakespeare: 123, 126, 127.
Spenser, Edmund: compared with Shakespeare, 136, 187, 188, 141, 144, 145, 148, 152, 157, 159; quoted, 156.
Stationers’ Company: first mention of Shakespeare in their register, 35–36, 116; list of entries of Shakespeare’s works, 119.
Strange, Lord: his company of actors, 130; Shakespeere’s possible connection with them, 131.
Stratford, Old: Shakespeare buys land in, 39–42, 63; interested in tithes in, 53, 62, 77, 85.
Sturley, Abraham: 22–24, 29–30.
Swan Theatre: 182.
Taming of a Shrew (pre-Shakespearean play): 131.
Taming of the Shrew: metrical features, 127.
Taylor, John: the Water-Poet, 152.
Taylor, Joseph: actor in Shakespeare’s plays, 96.
Tempest, The: Jonson’s slurs at, 114–115; performed at court, 115; metrical features, 122, 127; local allusion in. 137; structure, 189.
Temple Grafton: Anne Whateley of, 3, 4.
‘Theatre,’ The: Shakespeare’s early London residence near, 20; account of 129, 130, 131.
