O'Chaine, Donatus (fl. 1617). Musician (Poland). [Riewald, 'New Light', 90 (1960)]

Offley, Thomas (fl. 1522). Actor (Paul's 1522). [ES ii, 331; Nungezer, 261]

Ogilby, John (1600-76). Playwright, performer in masque (Gypsies Metamorphosed, 1621), manager of Irish theater, Irish Master of Revels. [Stevenson, 'First Irish Theatre' JCS ii, 517 (1941); Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 437 (1950); JCS iv, 948 (1955); Wertheim, 'First Irish Playhouse' (1967); Van Eerde, John Ogilby (1977); Randall, Winter Fruit, 370-1 (1995); Grove xviii, 359 (2001)]

Ogle, Cuthbert, 7th Lord Ogle (c.1540-97). Patron (Lord Ogle's 1578-97). (Father-in-law of Edward Talbot; grandfather of William Cavendish (II)) [Murray, English Dramatic Companies ii, 61 (1910); Peerage x, 36 (1945); Galloway and Wasson, 'Norfolk/Suffolk', 222 (1980); Greenfield, 'Entertainments of Henry, Lord Berkeley', 14 (1983); REED Cumb./West./Glouc., 451 (1986); Tiner, 'York', 25 (1992); REED Somerset, 56, 889, 1001 (1996)]

Oldisworth, Gyles (1619-78). Interlude writer (Westminster). [Venn, ACant iii, 278 (1922); Annals, 231, 366 (1989)]

Oley, Henry. See Clay, Henry.

Oliver, Edward (fl. 1593-99). Minstrel. [Ingram, 'Minstrels', 45 (1984)]

Orton, Thomas (fl. 1642). Actor. [JCS ii, 518]

Osborne, Francis (1593-1659). Playwright. [Potter, True Tragi-Comedie, ii-xvi (1983); Randall, Winter Fruit, 355-7 (1995)]

Ostler, William (d. 1614). Actor (Children of the Chapel 1601, King's 1610-14). (Son-in-law of John Heminges) [ES ii, 331; Nungezer, 261; McMillin, 'Jonson's Early Entertainments', 162 (1968); Wills, 230 (1993)]

Ottwell, Hugh. See Attwell, Hugh.

Oungelo, Mris. (fl. 1617). Performer in masque (Cupid's Banishment, 1617). [McGee, 'Cupid's Banishment', 239, 260 (1988)]

Overton, Richard (I) (fl. 1631). Actor in academic play (Queens' College, Cambridge 1631-2). (same as below?) [Venn, ACant iii, 289 (1922); REED Cambridge, 960 (1989)]

Overton, Richard (II) (fl. 1641). Dialogue writer. [Williams, 'Canterbury' (1977); Randall, Winter Fruit, 56-8 (1995)]

Owen, Corbet (1646-?). Playwright wrongly dated. [JCS iv, 951]

Owen ap John (fl. 1600). Playwright(?). [ES, iii, 457]

Oxenbridge, Andrew (d. 1615; fl. 1552-1615). Academic playwright (Trinity College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant iii, 292 (1922); DTRB, 426 (1984)]

Oxford (fl. 1622). Musician?, actor in academic play (Trinity College, Cambridge 1622-3). [REED Cambridge, 957 (1989)]

Oxford, Countess of. See Bruce, Diana Cecil Vere Bruce (1624-33); Vere, Beatrice van Hemmema de (1626-53).

Oxford, Earl of. See Vere, John de (I) (1462-75, 1485-1513); Vere, John de (III) (1540-62); Vere, Edward (1562-1604).