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Shirley, James
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Dramatist, born in London, educated at Oxford and Cambridge; entered the Church, but turning Catholic resigned, and after trying teaching established himself in London as a play-writer; wrote with great facility, producing upwards of thirty plays before the suppression of theatres in 1642; fell back on teaching as a means of livelihood, and with a temporary revival of his plays after the Restoration eked out a scanty income till fear and exposure during the Great Fire brought himself and his wife on the same day to a common grave; of his plays mention may be made of "The Witty Fair One," "The Wedding," "The Lady of Pleasure," "The Traitor," etc. (1596-1666).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shirley, James'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shirley-james.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shirley, James'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shirley-james.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
