Yale, Thomas (1526?-77). Academic playwright (Queens' College, Cambridge). [Venn, ACant iv, 486 (1922); DTRB, 428 (1984)]
Yarington, Robert (1573?-1625). Playwright(?). [ES iii, 518; Wagner, 'Robert Yarrington' (1930); Eccles, Authors, 133 (1982); Cerasano, 'Anthony Jeffes', 460 (1984); Wills, 145 (1993)]
Yelverton, Christopher (c.1535-1612). Contributor to royal entertainment. [Venn, ACant iv, 489 (1922); ES iii, 518; Harlow, 'Thomas Nashe and William Cotton, M.P.' (1961); Ramel, 'Biographical Notices', 461 (1967); Hasler, House of Commons iii, 679 (1981)]
Yely, Thomas (fl. 1539). Actor (Prince Edward's 1539). [Robertson and Gordon, Livery Companies, 138 (1954); DTRB, 381 (1984)]
Yeomans, David (fl. 1608). Tireman at Blackfriars. [Eccles, 'Martin Peerson' (1958), 102]
Young, Christopher (fl. 1563-68). Actor in academic plays (Oxford 1566). [Foster, AOx, 1703 (1891); Boas, University Drama, 392 (1914)]
Young, John (I) (fl. 1537-70). Actor (Queen Jane's 1537; King's 1539-53 (?)). [ES ii, 350; Nungezer, 403; DTRB, 389 (1984)]
Young, John (II) (fl. 1626-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626-34; King's Revels 1634; at Norwich 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 403; JCS ii, 628; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968)]
Zinzan, Henry (c.1563-1655<). Performer in masques (Prince Henry's Barriers, 1610; Challenge at Tilt, 1614) and in many Accession Day tilts. (Brother of Sir Sigismund Zinzan) [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 439 (1950); Berry, 'The Globe', 40ff (1981); Berry, Playhouses, 75-119 (1987)]
Zinzan, Margaret Strelley Brend (fl. 1595-1624). (Wife of Nicholas Brend and Sir Sigismund Zinzan; mother of Sir Matthew Brend). [Berry, 'The Globe', 36-7, 40-1 (1981); Berry, Playhouses, 75-119 (1987)]
Zinzan, Sir Sigismund (c.1570?-c.1661). Performer in masques (Prince Henry's Barriers, 1610; Challenge at Tilt, 1614) and in many Accession Day tilts; landlord of Globe playhouse (1624-27). (Brother of Henry Zinzan; husband of Margaret Strelley Brend Zinzan; stepfather of Sir Matthew Brend) [Herford and Simpson, Ben Jonson x, 439 (1950); Berry, 'The Globe', 40ff (1981); Berry, Playhouses, 75-119 (1987)]
Zouche, Richard (1590-1661) (Zouch). Playwright. [Foster, AOx, 1706 (1891); JCS v, 1276]