Wives of Windsor_,
172
on the dispute at Eton as to the supremacy of Shakespeare as a poet,
328 _n_

Giovanni (Fiorentino), Ser, Shakespeare's indebtedness to his 'Il
Pecorone,' 14 66 172

_Giuletta_, _La_, by Luigi da Porto, 55 _n_ 1

'Globe' edition of Shakespeare, 325

Globe Theatre: built in 1599, 37 196
described by Shakespeare, 37 cf. 173
mainly occupied by the poet's company after 1599, 37
profits shared by Shakespeare, 37 196 200 201
the leading London theatre, 37
revival of _Richard II_ at, 175
litigation of Burbage's heirs, 200
prices of admission, 201
annual receipts, 201
performance of _A Winter's Tale_, 251
its destruction by fire, 260 261 _n_
the new building, 260
Shakespeare's disposal of his shares, 264

Goethe, criticism and adaptation of Shakespeare by, 345

Golding, Arthur, his English version of the 'Metamorphoses,' 15 16 116
_n_ 162 253

Gollancz, Mr. Israel, 222 _n_ 325

Googe, Barnabe, his use of the word 'sonnet,' 427 _n_ 2

Gosson, Stephen, his 'Schoole of Abuse,' 67

Gottsched, J. C., denunciation of Shakespeare by, 343

Gounod, opera of _Romeo and Juliet_ by, 351

Gower, John, represented by the speaker of the prologues in _Pericles_,
244
his 'Confessio Amantis,' 244

Gower, Lord Ronald, 297

Grammaticus, Saxo, 222

Grave, Shakespeare's, 272

Gray's Inn Hall, performance of _The Comedy of Errors_ in, 70 and _n_

Greek, Shakespeare's alleged acquaintance with, 13 and _n_ 16

Green, C. F., 364

Greene, Robert, charged with selling the same play to two companies, 47
_n_
his attack on Shakespeare, 57
his publisher's apology, 58
his share in the original draft of _Henry VI_, 60
his influence on Shakespeare, 61
describes a meeting with a player, 198
_A Winter's Tale_ founded on his _Pandosto_, 251
dedicatory greetings in his works, 398

Greene, Thomas, actor at the Red Bull Theatre, 31 _n_

Greene, Thomas ('_alias_ Shakespeare'), a tenant of New Place, and
Shakespeare's legal adviser, 195 206 269 270 and _n_

Greenwich Palace, Shakespeare and other actors play before Queen
Elizabeth at, 43 44 _n_ 1 70 81 82

Greet, hamlet in Gloucestershire, identical with the 'Greece' in the
_Taming of the Shrew_, 167

Grendon, near Oxford, Shakespeare's alleged sojourn there, 31

Greville, Sir Fulke, complains of the circulation of uncorrected
manuscript copies of th