James Shirley

(1596-1666)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Shirley, James, 1596-1666 NRA: Shirley James (1596-1666) Dramatic Poet DNB: Shirley, James (bap. 1596, d. 1666), playwright and poet LBT ID: JaShirl1666 VIAF ID: 22157363 LOC ID: n79141233	B/BAP: 1596-09-07 DIED: 1666
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Royalist poet who left some forty plays, including The Traitor (1631), The Gamester (1633), and The Lady of Pleasure (1635).
REFERENCES TO James Shirley: Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, [21 August 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 7: Quarterly Review Found 1: ¶ 13 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXI. Found 1: ¶ 30 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1800 Letters: 1833 Found 1: ¶ 1