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). | |