0.

Plautus, imitated by Dryden, Moliere, Rotrou, 216;
model for Heywood, 231, 240.

Plymouth, 243.

"Poetaster, The" (Jonson), 68, 133, 138.

Ponsard, 38.

Pope, 82, 228.

"Prince Nicander's vein," 223

Protestant animosity in drama, 207.

Prynne, William, 207.

Psyche, subject of English poetry, 222, 223, 251.

"Puritan, The," 181.

Puritanism, 241, 278, 281, 286 _note_.

"Pygmalion's Image," 136.

Queen Elizabeth, 69, 105, 168, 211-213, 256.

"Queen of Corinth, The," 178.

Quevedo, 95.

Rabelais, 95; Rowley compared with, 190.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 69.

_Rand_, verb, 189.

"Rape of Lucrece, The," 223.

"Raven's Almanack, The" (Dekker), 103.

Realism, in dialogue, 194;
of Heywood and Fletcher, 214, 247;
differentiated from romanticism, 234.

"Rehearsal, The," 226.

Renascence, 281.

Restoration, the, 157 _note_, 259, 278.

"Return from Parnassus, The," 141.

"Revenger's Tragedy, The" (Tourneur), 176, 268, 273, 287.

"Roaring Girl, The," 161.

"Robert, Earl of Huntington," 73.

Rochester, Lord, 157.

"Rod for Runaways, A" (Dekker), 103.

"Romeo and Juliet," 69, 179, 247.

Rotrou, 216.

Rowley, William (187-199), genius in comedy and tragedy, 24, 166-168;
collaboration with Middleton, 161, 179, 181-183;
compared with Dekker and Nash, 188;
akin to Rabelais, 190;
comic style compared with Dekker, Middleton, Heywood, 191;
theory of verse, 194;
best as tragic poet, 196, 197;
compared with Heywood, 244.

"Royal King and Loyal Subject, The," 193, 232.

St. George's Day, 190.

"St. Patrick for Ireland" (Shirley), 194.

"Samson Agonistes," 157.

Sancho Panza, 229.

"Sardanapalus," 267.

"Satiromastix" (Dekker), 69, 127, 128.

Scott, Sir Walter, 84;
on Middleton, 153.

"Seaman, The," 96.

"Search for Money, A," 188.

"Second Maiden's Tragedy, The," 174.

"Sejanus," 144.

Selden, 163.

Settle, Elkanah, 157 _note_.

"Seven Deadly Sins of London, The," 93.

Shadwell, 251, 267.

Shakespeare, Marlowe compared with, 2, 10, 14;
translated by Hugo, 4;
indebted to Marlowe, 5, 14, 36;
Webster compared with, 15-17, 29, 30, 33, 38, 44-46, 52, 54, 57, 58;
collaboration with Rowley, 24;
doctrine compared with Aeschylus, 31;
lyric quality, 50;
greatest contemporary of, 55;
light comedy, 64;
Webster on, 65;
Dekker compared with, 67, 71,
in humor, 108;
burlesqued by Dekker, 68, 81;
admonitory style in dia