N&Q = Notes and Queries
Nelles, 'Cosmo Manuche's Castle Ashby Plays' = William Nelles, 'Cosmo Manuche's Castle Ashby Plays as Theater Pieces', ELN 27 (1990), 39.
Nelson, 'Buc, Shakespeare' = Alan H. Nelson, 'George Buc, William Shakespeare, and the Folger George a Greene', SQ 49 (1998), 74
Nelson, 'Life Records of Henry Medwall' = Alan H. Nelson, 'Life Records of Henry Medwall, M.A., Notary Public and Playwright; and John Medwall, Legal Administrator and Summoner', Leeds Studies in English n.s. 11 (1980), 111
Nelson, Plays of Henry Medwall = Alan H. Nelson, The Plays of Henry Medwall, D. S. Brewer, 1980.
Nethercot, Abraham Cowley = Arthur H. Nethercot, Abraham Cowley: The Muse's Hannibal, Oxford, 1931 (reissued 1967).
Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays = Arthur H. Nethercot, ed., Elizabethan Plays (revised edition), Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1971.
Nethercot, Stuart Plays = Arthur H. Nethercot, ed., Stuart Plays (revised edition), Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971.
Neuss, Creacion of the World = Paula Neuss, The Creacion of the World: A Critical Edition and Translation, 1983.
Neuss, Magnificence = Paula Neuss, ed., Magnificence, 1980.
Neuss, 'Staging' = Paula Neuss, 'The Staging of the "Creacion of the World"', Theatre Notebook 33 (1979), 116
Newdigate, Michael Drayton = Bernard Newdigate, Michael Drayton and His Circle, Blackwell, 1941. (revised 1961)
Nicholl, Cup of News = Charles Nicholl, A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe, Routledge, 1984.
Nicholl, Reckoning = Charles Nicholl, The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe, Jonathan Cape, 1992.
Nochimson, 'Robert Burton' = Richard L. Nochimson, 'Studies in the Life of Robert Burton', Yearbook of English Studies 4 (1974), 85.
Nolan, 'Thracian Wonder' = Michael Nolan, 'William Rowley and the Authorship of The Thracian Wonder', N&Q 242 (1997), 519.
Norland, Drama in Early Tudor Britain = Howard B. Norland, Drama in Early Tudor Britain 1485-1558, Nebraska, 1995.
Nosworthy, 'Henry Porter' = J. M. Nosworthy, 'Henry Porter', English 6 (1946), 65.
Nosworthy, 'John Heminges' = J. M. Nosworthy, 'A Note on John Heminges', Library, 5th series, iii (1949), 287.
Nosworthy, 'Notes on Henry Porter' = J. M. Nosworthy, 'Notes on Henry Porter', MLR 35 (1940), 517.
Nungezer = Edwin Nungezer, A Dictionary of Actors and of Other Persons Associated with the Public Representation of Plays in England before 1642, Yale, 1929.
O'Conor, Godes Peace and the Queenes = Norreys Jephson O'Conor, Godes Peace and the Queenes: Vicissitudes of a House, 1539-1615, Harvard, 1934.
O'Kill, 'William Patten' = Brian O'Kill, 'The Printed Works of William Patten', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographic Society 7.1 (1977), 28.
Oliphant, 'Henry Porter?' = E. H. C. Oliphant, 'Who Was Henry Porter?', PMLA 43 (1928), 572.
Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' = H. J. Oliver, 'The Building of the Theatre-Royal in Bridges St.: Some Details of Finance', N&Q 217 (1972), 464.
Oliver, 'William Wager' = Leslie M. Oliver, 'William Wager and The Trial of Treasure', HLQ 9 (1945-6), 419
O'Malley, Courageous Turk = Susan Gushee O'Malley, A Critical Old-Spelling Edition of Thomas Goffe's "The Courageous Turk", Garland, 1979.
O'Neill, 'Commencement' = David G. O'Neill, 'The Commencement of Marston's Career as a Dramatist', RES 22 (1971), 442.
Orbison, 'Chapman Letter' = Tucker Orbison, 'The Case for the Attribution of a Chapman Letter', Studies in Philology 72 (1975), 72.
Orbison, Tragic Vision = Tucker Orbison, The Tragic Vision of John Ford, Salzburg, 1974.
Orgel, Jonson Masques = Stephen Orgel, ed., Ben Jonson: The Complete Masques, Yale, 1969.
Orgel and Strong, Inigo Jones = Steven Orgel and Roy Strong, Inigo Jones and the Theatre of the Stuart Court, 1973.
Orrell, Inigo Jones and John Webb = John Orrell, The Theatres of Inigo Jones and John Webb, Cambridge, 1985.
Pafford, 'Blandford Forum' = J. H. P. Pafford, 'Blandford Forum. Early Records of the Drama', Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries 30 (1977), 283.
Pafford, 'John Clavell' = J. H. P. Pafford, 'John Clavell, 1601-43, Burglar, Highwayman, Poet, Dramatist, Doctor, Lawyer', Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries 33 (1986), 549.
Page, Hertfordshire = William Page, ed., The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire, v.2 (1908)
Paradise, Thomas Lodge = N. Burton Paradise, Thomas Lodge: The History of an Elizabethan, Yale, 1931.
Paradise, 'Thomas Lodge' = N. Burton Paradise, 'Thomas Lodge, Doctor of Physick', Yale Journal of Biology 7 (1935), 449.
Parker, Milton = William R. Parker, Milton: A Biography, Oxford, 1968.
Parker, 'Suckling in Paris' = Michael P. Parker, 'Suckling in Paris', N&Q 232 (1987), 316.
Parr, 'Robert Greene and His Classmates' = Johnstone Parr, 'Robert Greene and His Classmates at Cambridge', PMLA 77 (1962), 536.
Pawlisch, Sir John Davies = Hans S. Pawlisch, Sir John Davies and the Conquest of Ireland, Cambridge, 1985.
Payne, The Hector of Germanie = L. W. Payne, ed., The Hector of Germanie, or the Palsgrave Prime Elector, 1906.
Payne, 'Instrumental Music' = Ian Payne, 'Instrumental Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, c.1594-c.1615: Archival and Biographical Evidence', Music and Letters 68 (1987), 128.
Payne, 'Thomas Ravenscroft' = Ian Payne, 'Thomas Ravenscroft: A Biographical Note', Musical Times 127 (1986), 707.
Pearn, Lodovick Sforza = B. R. Pearn, ed., The Tragedie of Lodovick Sforza, Duke of Milan,
Pearse, 'Elizabeth Cary' = Nancy Cotton Pearse, 'Elizabeth Cary, Renaissance Playwright', Texas Studies in Language and Literature 18 (1977), 601.
Peerage = George Edward Cokayne et al., eds., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, St. Catherine Press, 1910-59. (13 v. in 14)
Peery, 'Nathan Field's Dates' = William Peery, 'Nathan Field's Dates', MLR 41 (1946), 409.
Peery, Plays of Nathan Field = William Peery, ed., The Plays of Nathan Field, Texas, 1950.
Pendry, Thomas Dekker = E. D. Pendry, ed., Thomas Dekker: The Wonderful Year; The Gull's Horn-Book; Penny-Wise, Pound-Foolish; English Villainies Discovered by Lantern and Candlelight; and Selected Writings, Edward Arnold, 1967.
Petersson, Sir Kenelm Digby = R. T. Petersson, Sir Kenelm Digby: the Ornament of England, 1603-1665, Jonathan Cape, 1956.
Petter, Works of Edward Sharpham = Christopher Gordon Petter, ed., A Critical Old Spelling Edition of the Works of Edward Sharpham, Garland, 1986.
Pfatteicher, John Redford = Carl Friedrich Pfatteicher, John Redford, Organist and Almoner of St. Paul's Cathedral in the Reign of Henry VIII, C. G. Roeder, 1934
Phelps, 'Ben Jonson's Death' = Wayne H. Phelps, 'The Date of Ben Jonson's Death', N&Q 225 (1980), 146.
Phelps, 'Cosmo Manuche' = Wayne H. Phelps, 'Cosmo Manuche, Royalist Playwright of the Commonwealth', ELN 16 (1979), 207.
Phelps, 'Edmund Shakespeare' = Wayne H. Phelps, 'Edmund Shakespeare at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch', SQ 29 (1978), 422.
Phelps, 'John Edwards' = Wayne H. Phelps, 'John Edwards and the Date of the Lost "Saturnalia"', N&Q 224 (1979), 150.
Phelps, 'Lewis Wager's Death' = Wayne H. Phelps, 'The Date of Lewis Wager's Death', N&Q 223 (1978), 420.
Phelps, 'Nathaniel Johnson' = Wayne H. Phelps, 'Nathaniel Johnson, a Seventeenth-Century Playwright', N&Q 224 (1979), 149.
Phelps, 'Thomas May' = Wayne H. Phelps, "Two Notes on Thomas May", N&Q 224 (1979), 412.
Phialas, 'Middleton's Early Contact' = P. G. Phialas, 'Middleton's Early Contact with the Law', SP 52 (1955), 186.
Pilkington, 'Bristol' = Mark C. Pilkington, 'Playing in the Guildhall, Bristol', REEDN 14.2 (1989), 15.
Pilkington, 'New Information' = Mark C. Pilkington, 'New Information on the Playhouse in Wine Street, Bristol', TN 42 (1988), 73.
Pilkington, 'Wine Street, Bristol' = Mark C. Pilkington, 'The Playhouse in Wine Street, Bristol', TN 37 (1983), 14.
Pinciss, 'Queen's Men' = G. M. Pinciss, 'The Queen's Men, 1583-1592', TS 11.1 (1970), 50.
Pincombe, Plays of John Lyly = Michael Pincombe, The Plays of John Lyly: Eros and Eliza, Manchester, 1996.
Pincombe, 'Two Elizabethan Masque-Orations' = Michael Pincombe, 'Two Elizabethan Masque-Orations by Thomas Pound', Bodleian Library Record 12 (1987), 349.
Pinhorn, 'Inigo Jones' = Malcolm Pinhorn, 'Inigo Jones and his Family', N&Q 220 (1975), 536.
Pitcher, 'Samuel Daniel' = John Pitcher, 'Samuel Daniel, the Hertfords, and a Question of Love', RES 35 (1984), 449.
PMLA = Publications of the Modern Language Association
Pollet, John Skelton = M. Pollet, John Skelton, Poet of Tudor England, 1971.
Potter, True Tragi-Comedie = Lois Potter, ed., The True Tragi-Comedie Formerly Acted at Court, 1983.
Poulton, John Dowland = Diana Poulton, John Dowland, Faber & Faber, 1972 (2nd edition 1982).
Poynter, Bibliography of Gervase Markham = F. N. L. Poynter, A Bibliography of Gervase Markham, 1568?-1637, Oxford Bibliographic Society, 1962.
Poynter, 'Gervase Markham' = F. N. L. Poynter, 'Gervase Markham', Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association 15 (1962), 27.
Previte-Orton, Opera Hactenus Inedita = C. W. Previte-Orton, ed., Opera Hactenus Inedita T. Livii de Frulovisiiis de Ferraria, Cambridge, 1932.
Price, 'Gilbert Talbot' = David C. Price, 'Gilbert Talbot, Seventh Earl of Shrewsbury: An Elizabethan Courtier and His Music', Music and Letters 57 (1976), 144.
Prior, 'Anthony Munday' = Roger Prior, 'Anthony Munday as Father and Grandfather', N&Q 218 (1973), 453.
Prior, 'George Wilkins' = Roger Prior, 'George Wilkins', N&Q 220 (1975), 561.
Prior, 'Life of George Wilkins' = Roger Prior, 'The Life of George Wilkins', SS 25 (1972), 137.
Prior, 'Young Heir' = Roger Prior, 'George Wilkins and the Young Heir', SS 29 (1976), 33.
Prouty, 'George Gascoigne' = C. T. Prouty, 'George Gascoigne and Elizabeth Bacon Breton Boyes Gascoigne', RES xiv (1938),
Prouty, George Gascoigne = C. T. Prouty, George Gascoigne: Elizabethan Courtier, Soldier, and Poet, Columbia, 1942.
Pruvost, Robert Greene = Rene Pruvost, Robert Greene et ses romans (1558-1592), Societe d'edition les belles lettres, 1938.
Ramel, 'Biographical Notices' = Jacques Ramel, 'Biographical Notices on the Authors of "The Misfortunes of Arthur"', N&Q 212 (1967), 461.
Randall, Gentle Flame = Dale B. J. Randall, Gentle Flame: The Life and Verse of Dudley, Fourth Lord North (1602-1677), North Carolina, 1983.
Randall, Winter Fruit = Dale B. J. Randall, Winter Fruit: English Drama 1642-1660, Kentucky, 1995.
Rather, 'Career and Personality' = Charles A. Rather, 'Some Notes on the Career and Personaility of Thomas Churchyard', N&Q 205 (1960), 211.
Raylor, 'Essex House Masque' = Timothy Raylor, 'The Design and Authorship of The Essex House Masque (1621)', MRDE 10 (1998), 218.
RD = Renaissance Drama
Read, My Lady Suffolk = Evelyn Read, My Lady Suffolk: A Portrait of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, Knopf, 1963.
Rebholz, Fulke Greville = Ronald Rebholz, The Life of Fulke Greville, First Lord Brooke, Oxford, 1971.
RECM = Records of English Court Music (1485-1714), calendared and edited by Andrew Ashbee, 8 vols., Scolar Press, 1986-1996.
Redstone, 'Ipswich' = V. B. Redstone, 'Players at Ipswich', Malone Society Collections 2.3 (1931), 258-84.
Reed, Early Tudor Drama = A. W. Reed, Early Tudor Drama (1926)
REED = Records of Early English Drama
REED Cambridge = Records of Early English Drama: Cambridge, ed. by Alan H. Nelson, Toronto, 1989.
REED Chester = Records of Early English Drama: Chester, ed. by Lawrence M. Clapper, Toronto, 1979.
REED Coventry = Records of Early English Drama: Coventry, ed. by R. W. Ingram, Toronto, 1981.
REED Cumb./West./Glouc. = Records of Early English Drama: Cumberland/Westmorland/Gloucestershire, ed. by Audrey C. Douglas and Peter Greenfield, Toronto, 1986.
REED Devon = Records of Early English Drama: Devon, ed. by John Wasson, Toronto, 1986.
REED Heref./Worc. = Records of Early English Drama: Herefordshire/Worcestershire, ed. by David N. Klausner, Toronto, 1990.
REED Lancashire = Records of Early English Drama: Lancashire, ed. by David George, Toronto, 1991.
REEDN = Records of Early English Drama Newletter
REED Newcastle = Records of Early English Drama: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ed. by J. J. Anderson, Toronto, 1982.
REED Norwich = Records of Early English Drama: Norwich 1540-1642, ed. by David Galloway, Toronto, 1984.
REED Shropshire = Records of Early English Drama: Shropshire, ed. by Alan Somerset, Toronto, 1994.
REED Somerset = Records of Early English Drama: Somerset, ed. by James Stokes and Robert J. Alexander, Toronto, 1996.
REED Sussex = Records of Early English Drama: Sussex, ed. by Cameron Louis, Toronto, 2000.
REED York = Records of Early English Drama: York, ed. by Alexandra F. Johnston and Margaret Rogerson, Toronto, 1979.
Rees, 'Daniel and Hertford' = Joan Rees, 'Samuel Daniel and the Earl of Hertford', N&Q 203 (1958), 408.
Rees, Fulke Greville = Joan Rees, Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke, 1554-1628, California, 1971.
Rees, Samuel Daniel = Joan Rees, Samuel Daniel: a Critical and Biographical Study, Liverpool, 1964.
RES = Review of English Studies
Richardson, Mary Tudor = Walter C. Richardson, Mary Tudor: The White Queen (1970)
Richardson, 'Robert Greene' = Brenda Richardson, 'Robert Green's Yorkshire Connections: A New Hypothesis', Yearbook of English Studies 10 (1980), 160.
Riddell, 'Actors' = James A. Riddell, 'Some Actors in Ben Jonson's Plays', Shakespeare Studies V, 285-98.
Ridley, Elizabeth I = Jasper Ridley, Elizabeth I, Constable, 1987.
Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians' = J. G. Riewald, "Some Later Elizabethan and Early Stuart Actors and Musicians", English Studies 40 (1959), 33-41.
Riewald, 'Annotated Bibliography' = J. G. Riewald, 'The English Actors in the Low Countries, 1585-c.1650: An Annotated Bibliography', in Studies in Seventeenth-Century English Literature, History, and Bibliography, ed. by G. A. M. Janssens and F. G. A. M. Aarts, Rodopi, 1984, 157-78.
Riewald, 'New Light' = J. G. Riewald, "New Light on the English Actors in the Netherlands, c.1590-c.1660", English Studies 41 (1960), 65-92.
Rigg, 'Antiquaries' = A. G. Rigg, 'Antiquaries and Authors: The Supposed Works of Robert Baston, O. Carm., ' in Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts, and Libraries: Essays Presented to N. R. Ker (1978), 322, 326, 330
Riggs, Ben Jonson = David Riggs, Ben Jonson: A Life, Harvard, 1989.
Riggs, 'Ben Jonson's Family' = David Riggs, 'Ben Jonson's Family', RORD 19 (1986-87), 1.