p and Cowley, 208
quotation from the _Spanish Tragedy_, 221 _n_
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25

Mulberry-tree at New Place, the, 194 and _n_

Music at stage performances in Shakespeare's day, 38 _n_ 2
its indebtedness to the poet, 340

N

Nash, Anthony, the poet's legacy to, 276

Nash, John, the poet's legacy to, 276

Nash, Thomas (1), marries Elizabeth Hall, Shakespeare's granddaughter,
282

Nash, Thomas (2), on the performance of _Henry VI_. 56 57
piracy of his 'Terrors of the Night,' 88 _n_
on the immortalising power of verse, 114
use of the word 'lover,' 127 _n_
his appeals to Southampton, 131 134 135 _n_ 385 386 221 _n_ 427
_n_ 2
his preface to 'Astrophel and Stella,' 429 _n_ 1

Navarre, King of, in _Love's Labour's Lost_, 51 _n_

Neil, Samuel, 364

Nekrasow and Gerbel, translation into Russian by, 353

New Place, Stratford, Shakespeare's purchase of, 193 194
entertainment of Jonson and Drayton at, 271
the poet's death at, 272
sold on the death of Lady Barnard (the poet's granddaughter) to Sir
Edward Walker, 283
pulled down, 283

Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, criticism of the poet by, 331

Newdegate, Lady, 406 _n_ 415

Newington Butts Theatre, 37

Newman, Thomas, piratical publication of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets by,
88 _n_ 429 and _n_ 1

Nicolson, George, English agent in Scotland, 41 _n_ 1

Nottingham, Earl of, his company of players, 225
taken into the patronage of Henry, Prince of Wales, 231 _n_

O

Oberon, vision of, 17 161
in 'Huon of Bordeaux,' 162

Oechelhaeuser, W., acting edition of the poet by, 346

Oldcastle, Sir John, play on his history, 170 313

'Oldcastle, Sir John,' the original name of Falstaff in _Henry IV_, 169

Oldys, William, 231 362

Olney, Henry, publisher, 437

_Orlando Furioso_, 47 _n_ 208

Ortlepp, E., German translation of Shakespeare by, 344

_Othello_: date of composition, 235
not printed in the poet's lifetime, 235
plot drawn from Cinthio's 'Hecatommithi,' 236
new characters and features introduced into the story, 236
exhibits the poet's fully matured powers, 236
_For_ editions _see_ Section xix. (Bibliography), 301-25

Ovid, influence on Shakespeare of his 'Metamorphoses,' 15 75 and _n_ 1 76
162 253
claims immortality for his verse, 114 and _n_ 1 116 _n_
the poet's alleged signature on the titl