Robert Daborne Samuel Daniel William Davenant Robert Davenport John Davidson John Day Thomas Dekker Michael Drayton Richard Edwardes George Ferebe Nathan Field John Fletcher Phineas Fletcher John Ford Abraham Fraunce Ulpian Fulwell William Gager George Gascoigne Henry Glapthorne Thomas Goffe Arthur Golding Robert Greene Fulke Greville Matthew Gwinne William Haughton Walter Hawkesworth Mary Herbert (writer) Thomas Heywood Thomas Hughes Thomas Ingelend John Jeffere Ben Jonson Henry Killigrew Thomas Killigrew Thomas Kyd Sir Henry Lee Thomas Legge Thomas Lodge Thomas Lupton John Lyly Lewis Machin Francis Marbury Gervase Markham Christopher Marlowe Shackerley Marmion John Marston John Mason Philip Massinger Thomas May Thomas Middleton Anthony Munday Thomas Nabbes Thomas Nashe Thomas Nelson Thomas Norton George Peele William Percy John Phillip John Pickering (dramatist) Henry Porter Thomas Preston Samuel Rowley William Rowley George Ruggle Joseph Rutter Thomas Sackville William Sampson William Shakespeare Edward Sharpham James Shirley Sir Philip Sidney Wentworth Smith John Stephens Sir John Suckling Robert Tailor Richard Tarlton Thomas Tomkis Cyril Tourneur Francis Verney William Wager George Wapull William Warner (poet) John Webster George Whetstone George Wilkins Robert Wilmot Arthur Wilson Robert Wilson Nathaniel Woodes Robert Yarington Actors William Alabaster Edward Alleyn Robert Armin William Barksted Richard Brome Richard Burbage William Cavendish Henry Condell Nathan Field Alexander Gough Thomas Greene Richard Gunnell Stephen Hammerton Charles Hart John Heminges Thomas Heywood John Honyman Ben Jonson Will Kempe John Lowin William Ostler Andrew Pennycuicke Augustine Phillips Thomas Pollard Thomas Pope Timothy Read Richard Robinson Samuel Rowley William Rowley William Shakespeare William Sly Robert Wilson Playhouses Blackfriars Theatre Cockpit Theatre Cockpit-in-Court Inn-yard theatres Newington Butts Theatre Red Bull Theatre Red Lion (theatre) Salisbury Court Theatre The Curtain The Fortune The Globe The Hope The Phoenix The Rose The Swan The Theatre Whitefriars Theatre Playing companies King's Revels Children King's Revels Men Lady Elizabeth's Men Leicester's Men Lord Strange's Men (later Derby's Men) Oxford's Boys Oxford's Men Pembroke's Men Prince Charles's Men Queen Anne's Men Queen Elizabeth's Men Queen Henrietta's Men The Admiral's Men The Children of Paul's The Children of the Chapel (Queen's Revels) The King's Men The Lord Chamberlain's Men Sussex's Men Warwick's Men Worcester's Men Timeline of English Renaissance playing companies Other significant figures Susan Baskervile, investor and litigant William Beeston, manager George Buc, Master of the Revels 1609–1622 Cuthbert Burbage, entrepreneur James Burbage, entrepreneur Ralph Crane, scribe Philip Henslowe, entrepreneur Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels 1623–1673 Edward Knight, prompter Francis