Nabbes, Thomas (c.1605-41) (Nabbs, Nabs). Playwright. [JCS iv, 927; Freehafer, 'Perspective Scenery' (1973); DLB 58: 223 (1987)]
Naile, Robert (fl. 1613). Royal entertainment contributor. [ES iii, 450]
Napier, Penelope Egerton. See Egerton, Penelope.
Naseby, Richard (fl. 1418). Actor (in Everton, Bedfordshire). [DTRB, 398 (1984)]
Nashe, Richard (fl. 1613). Actor. [REED Heref./Worc., 386 (1990)]
Nashe, Thomas (1567-c.1601). Playwright. [ES iii, 450; Mackerness, 'Thomas Nashe and William Cotton' (1949); Miller, 'Robert Greene and Thomas Nashe' (1954); Harlow, 'Thomas Nashe, Robert Cotton' (1961); Harlow, 'Thomas Nashe and William Cotton, M.P.' (1961); Hibbard, Thomas Nashe (1962); Harlow, 'Nashe's Visit' (1963); McGinn, Thomas Nashe (1981); Nicholl, Cup of News (1984); DLB 167: 142 (1996)]
Nasion. See Nation, Henry.
Nation, Henry (fl. 1574-82) (Nasion). Paul's chorister (1574). [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 258]
Nau, Estienne (c.1600-47). Musician/choreographer for masques (Triumph of Peace, 1634; Royal Slave, 1637). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 47 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 19 (1966); BDECM, 822 (1998); Grove xvii, 709 (2001)]
Navarro, John (fl. 1635). Spanish actor. [Nungezer, 258; JCS ii, 515]
Neale, Thomas (1614-46?). Playwright. [JCS iv, 944]
'Ned' (fl. 1592). Musician, actor(?) in Summer's Last Will and Testement. [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 258]
'Ned' (fl. 1590). Actor in 2 Seven Deadly Sins (Strange's). [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 259; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 47 (1931)]
Nedham, Marchmont (1620-78). Dialogue writer. [Foster, AOx, 1055 (1891); Annals, 231 (1989); Randall, Winter Fruit, 53, 63, 277 (1995)]
Nelham (fl. 1622). Musician?, actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1622-3). [REED Cambridge, 957 (1989)]
Nelson, Thomas (fl. 1580-1592). Pageant writer. [ES, iii, 455; Meagher, 'London Lord Mayor's Show of 1590' (1973); McGee and Meagher, 'Entertainments: 1558-1603', 119 (1981)]
Nethe, John (fl. 1550). Actor. [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 259]
Nethersall, John (fl. 1550). Actor. [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 259]
Neville, Alexander (1544-1614). Translator. [Venn, ACant iii, 243 (1922); ES iii, 456; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 121 (1981)]
Neville, Edward, 8th Lord Abergavenny (c.1550-1622) (Bergavenny). Patron (Lord Abergavenny's 1609-17). [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 19 (1910); Peerage i, 35 (1910); Dawson, 'Kent', 164 (1965); Hasler, House of Commons iii, 122 (1981); REED Coventry, 379 (1981)]
Neville, George, 5th Earl of Abergavenny (c.1470-1535). Patron (Lord Abergavenny's 1503-18). (Father of Henry Neville (I); son-in-law of Thomas Fitzalan and Edward Stafford (I)) [Peerage i, 31 (1910); DTRB, 399 (1984)]
Neville, Henry (I), 6th Lord Abergavenny (c.1527-87) (Bergavenny). Patron (Lord Abergavenny's 1570-76). (Son of George Neville; brother-in-law of William Brooke (I)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 19 (1910); Peerage i, 33 (1910); ES ii, 92; Redstone, 'Ipswich', 267 (1931); Dawson, 'Kent', 164 (1965); REED Shropshire, 694 (1994)]
Neville, Henry (II) (c.1620-94). Dialogue writer. [Foster, AOx, 1058 (1891); Annals, 231 (1989)]
Neville, John, 4th Lord Latimer (c.1520-77). Patron (Lord Latimer's 1562-4). (Father-in-law of Sir Thomas Cecil (I); grandfather of Henry Percy) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 88 (1910); Peerage vii, 484 (1929); Dawson, 'Kent', 173 (1965); REED Devon, 498 (1986)]
Neville, Mary Sackville (fl. 1601-8). Performer in masque, as Lady Mary Neville (Masque of Beauty, 1608). (Daughter of Thomas Sackville (I)) [ES iii, 380; Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 443 (1950); Orgel, Jonson Masques, 474 (1969)]
Neville, Mistress (fl. 1635-38). Performer in masques (Temple of Love, 1635; Luminalia, 1638). (Identity uncertain, but probably a daughter of Edward Neville, 9th Lord Bavergavenny and son of Edward Neville) [Maidment and Logan, D'Avenant i, 305, 309 (1872); Grosart, Luminalia, 630 (1876)]
Neville, Ralph, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (c.1406-84). Patron (Earl of Westmorland's 1557-8). [Peerage xii.2, 549 (1959); DTRB, 399 (1984)]
Neville, Robert (c.1640-94). Playwright wrongly dated before the Restoration. [JCS iv, 946]
Neville, Sir Thomas (fl. 1553-8). Patron (c.1553-8 at Lyme Regis). [DTRB, 399 (1984)]
Nevinson, Stephen (d. 1580; fl. 1544-80). Academic playwright (at Trinity College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant iii, 245 (1922); DTRB, 98, 421 (1984)]
Newark, William (d. 1509). Master of Children of the Chapel Royal (1493-1509), actor in court plays. [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 259; Streitberger, 'William Cornish', 8 (1986); BDECM, 825 (1998); Grove xvii, 800 (2001)]
Newdigate, John (1600-42). Playwright. [Howard-Hill, 'John Newdigate' (1988)]
Newell, Agnes (fl. 1534). Actress in Drapers' Midsummer show (1534). [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 24 (1954)]
Newman, John (fl. 1581-3). Blackfriars lessee. [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 259]
Newman, Thomas (?). Translator. [JCS iv, 946]
Newport, Countess of. See Blount, Anne Boteler.
Newport, Earl of. See Blount, Mountjoy.
Newport, Maurice (fl. 1641). Playwright. [JCS iv, 947]
Newton, Francis (I) (d. 1572; fl. 1545-72). Academic playwright (at Trinity College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant iii, 252 (1922); DTRB, 98, 421 (1984)]
Newton, Francis (II) (fl. 1634). Trumpeter in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 48 (1965)]
Newton, John (I) (fl. 1584). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 45 (1984)]
Newton, John (II) (d. 1625). Actor (Duke of York's-Prince Charles' (I) 1610-25). [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 259; JCS ii, 515; Eccles, 'Actors III', 299 (1992)]
Newton, Richard (fl. 1593). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 45 (1984)]
Newton, Robert (1576-1635<). Actor in academic plays (St. John's, Cambridge, 1597). [Boas, University Drama, 397, 398 (1914); Venn, ACant iii, 253 (1922)]
Newton, Thomas (c.1542-1607). Translator. [Foster, AOx, 1066 (1891); Venn, ACant iii, 253 (1922); ES iii, 456]
Newton, William. See Newton, John.
Nicholas, Thomas (fl. 1547). Pageant writer. [DTRB, 239, 421 (1984)]
Nichols, Basil (1576-1603<) (Basilius, Nicoll). Controlled Thomas Bromley's interest in the Globe, bequeathed from Thomas Pope. [Nungezer, 260]
Nichols, John (c.1617-<45) (Nicholas, Nicholes, Nicols). Academic playwright. [JCS iv, 947; Freeman, 'Authorship of The Tell-Tale' (1963)]
Nichols, Richard (1584-1616?) (Niccols). Playwright(?). [Foster, AOx, 1070 (1891); ES iii, 456]
Nichols, Robert (fl. 1592-95) (Nyccowlles). Actor (Pembroke's? Queen's?). [ES ii, 331; Nungezer, 261; Edmond, 'Pembroke's Men' (1974); McMillin, 'Simon Jewell' (1976); Wentersdorf, 'Origin and Personnel', 62 (1979); George, 'Shakespeare and Pembroke's Men', 310 (1981)]
'Nick' (fl. 1590-1603). Actor (possibly more than one person) (possibly Nicholas Tooley) (Strange's c.1590, Admiral's 1601-3). [ES ii, 330; Nungezer, 260; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 47 (1931)]
'Nick' / 'Nicholas' (fl. 1619-31). Actor (King's). [Nungezer, 259; JCS ii, 516]
Nicolini, Francis (?). Italian actor. [JCS ii, 516]
Nicoll, Nicols. See Nichols.
Nidd, Leonard (fl. 1602-7). Actor in academic play (Trinity, Cambridge, 401). [Boas, University Drama, 401 (1914); Venn, ACant iii, 258 (1922)]
Nightingale, Roger (d. 1661). Musician in masque (Triumph of Peace, 1634). [Lefkowitz, 'Longleat', 46 (1965); Sabol, 'New Documents', 20, 23 (1966); Highfill-Burnim-Langhans xi, 32 (1987); BDECM, 829 (1998)]
Nill, John. See Hill, John.
Noble (fl.c.1638). Actor. [Gourlay, 'Wasp' (1943)]
Noblett, Thomas (d. 1593). Paul's chorister (1593). [Gair, 'Chorister-Actors', 440 (1978)]
Noel, Henry (d. 1597). Playwright(?). [Foster, AOx, 1073 (1891); Venn, ACant iii, 261 (1922); ES iii, 456; Hasler, House of Commons iii, 134 (1981)]
Norden, John (fl. 1636). Performer in masque (Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, 1636). [Lefkowitz, Trois Masques, 137 (1970)]
Nore, Roger (d. 1649) (Noar, Noare, Noer). Actor (Prince Charles' (II) 1640). [Nungezer, 256; JCS ii, 517; Wills, 234 (1993)]
Norfolk, Duke of. See Howard, Thomas (I) (1524-47); Howard, Thomas (II) (1554-72).
Norfolk, Sir John (fl. 1565-6). Patron (1565-6). [Dawson, 'Kent', 175 (1965)]
Norford, Henry (c.1602-85). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1614-5). [Venn, ACant iii, 263 (1922); REED Cambridge, 955 (1989)]
Norman, Robert (fl. 1628-35). Painter, designer for civic pageants. [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, xxxvi, 113-24 (1954); Bergeron, 'Christmas Family', 355 (1968)]
Norris, Bridget Vere, Countess of Berkshire (1584-c.1631). Wrongly identified as performer in masque (Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, 1631). (Daughter of Edward de Vere; sister of Elizabeth Vere Stanley and Susan Vere Herbert; wife of Francis Norris; granddaughter of William Cecil) [Peerage ix, 647 (1936); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 440 (1950)]
Norris, Francis, 2nd Baron Norris (1579-1622). Performer in masque (Challenge at Tilt, 1614). (Husband of Bridget Vere Norris; grandson of Henry Norris; son-in-law of Edward de Vere) [ES iii, 393; Peerage ix, 646 (1936)]
Norris, Henry, 1st Baron Norris (c.1525-1601). Patron (1593-4). (Grandfather of Francis Norris) [Peerage ix, 643 (1936); REED Somerset, 17, 1001 (1996)]
North, Dudley (I), 3rd Baron North (1582-1666). Performer in masques (Caversham Entertainment, 1613; Lord Somerset's Masque, 1613; Challenge at Tilt, 1614). (Father of Dudley North (II); grandson of Roger North) [ES iii, 246, 393; Peerage ix, 655 (1936); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 436 (1950); Lindley, Court Masques, 274 (1995)]
North, Dudley (II), 4th Baron North (1602-77). Latin playwright (?). (Son of Dudley North (I)) [Peerage ix, 656 (1936); Randall, Gentle Flame (1983); RLDE 2/17, 16 (1991)]
North, Roger, 2nd Baron North (1531-1600). Patron(?). (Son-in-law of Richard Rich; grandfather of Dudley North (I)) [Peerage ix, 652 (1936); Hasler, House of Commons iii, 142 (1981); REED Cambridge, 1278 (1989)]
North, Thomas (fl. 1602-11). Actor in academic plays (Trinity, Cambridge, 1603). [Boas, University Drama, 399, 401 (1914); Venn, ACant iii, 266 (1922); Caylor, Leander, 5 (1993)]
Northampton, Marquis of. See Parr, William (I).
Northumberland, Duke of. See Dudley, John (1551-53).
Northumberland, Earl of. See Percy, Henry Algernon (1489-1527).
Norton, Thomas (c.1532-1584). Playwright. [ES iii, 456; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 109 (1971); Hasler, House of Commons iii, 145 (1981); DLB 62, 261 (1987); Graves, Thomas Norton (1994); Happe, English Drama Before Shakespeare, 276 (1999)]
Norwood, John (fl. 1598-9). Chorister/actor (Paul's). [ES ii, 331; Nungezer, 260]
Nowell, Alexander (c.1517-1602). Headmaster of Westminster School, dean of Paul's, prologue writer. (Cousin of John Harrison (I)) [Bindoff, House of Commons iii, 28 (1982); Eccles, Authors, 100 (1982); DTRB, 204, 421 (1984)]
Nuce, Thomas (c.1541-1617). Translator. [ES iii, 457]
Nycke. See Nick.
Nycowlles, Robert. See Nichols, Robert.