Amaranth : A lamia
Arthur : A King of Britain. Mostly dead.
Baines, Richard : An intelligencer and Promethean
Bassano lanyer, Abilia : England’s first professional woman poet. Mistress of Henry Carey. Sadly, not appearing in this book because I did not have room for her.
Bassano, Augustine : Court musician to Elizabeth, Venetian Jew, father to Abilia, and intimate of Roderigo Lopez. Also not appearing in this volume,but I promise you, he and Abilia and Roderigo and Alfonso had manyinteresting adventures that Will never found out about. Someday I will write the Jews of Elizabeth’s Court book and you can find out all about it.
Bradley, William : Stabbed by Thomas Watson in Bankside. Dead.
Brahe, Tycho : An Astronomer
Burbage, Cuthbert : Brother to Richard Burbage
Burbage, James : Father to Richard Burbage. Owner of the Theatre in Bankside.
Burbage, Richard : A player. A Promethean. Principal Tragedian of lord Strange’s Men, the lord Chamberlain’s Men, and the King’s Men. Eventual Shareholder at the Globe.
Burghley, Baron : (William Cecil) lord Treasurer. A Promethean. Mbber of the Privy Council. Father to Robert Cecil.
Cairbre : A bard, the Master Harper of the Daoine Sidhe
Cecil, Anne : Wife to Edward De Vere, daughter to William Cecil, sister to Robert Cecil
Cecil, Robert : Secretary of State. A Promethean. Mbber of the Privy Council. Later, the Earl of Salisbury.
Catesby, Robert : A Catholic recusant
Chapman, George : a playmaker and poet
Cobham : Briefly, lord Chamberlain
Coquo, Oratio : Edward de Vere’s catamite, a former choirboy. I am not making that up.
Corinna : The love object in Ovid’s fifth elegy, and a character in Tamburlaine
Davenant, Jenet Shepherd and John : Innkeepers along the road to Stratford
Dee, Doctor John : An astrologer
Drake, Sir Francis : A privateer
Ede, Richard : A keeper at the Marshalsea prison
Edward : A player. A mbber of the company of lord Strange’s Men.
Essex, Earl of : (Robert Devereaux) A Promethean Faustus: A Scholar
Fawkes, Guido : A Catholic recusant
Findabair : A princess of Faerie. Dead.
Fletcher, John : A vile playmaker
Forman, Simon : A physician of sorts
Frazier, Ingrim : A servant to Thomas Walsingham
Ganymede : Jove’s cupbearer. Euphbistically speaking, a term for a catamite. A gardener
Gardner, William : Justice of the Peace for Southwark
Gaveston, Sir Piers : lban to Edward II, formerly King of England
Geoffrey : A Faerie, with the head of a stag
Green, Robert : A vile playmaker and pamphleteer
Henslowe, Philip : Owner of the Swan Theatre Holinshed: A historian, of sorts
Hunsdon, lord : (George Carey) lord Chamberlain. A Promethean. Mbber of the Privy Council.
Hunsdon, lord : (Henry Carey) lord Chamberlain. A Promethean. Mbber of the Privy Council. Father to George Carey.
John : A carriagban
Jonson, Ben : A vile playmaker, son of a bricklayer, educated at Westminster. Formerly a soldier in the low countries.
Kbp, Will : A player. Clown for the lord Chamberlain’s Men
Kyd, Thomas : A vile playmaker
Langley, Francis : A moneylender
Lanyer, Alfonso : A court musician, and husband to Abilia Bassano. Sadly,also not appearing in this volume.
Lavinia : A victim of rape and dismbberment in Titus Andronicus
Lopez, Doctor Roderigo : A Promethean. Queen’s Physician and Ambassador from Antonio, pretender to the throne of Portugal. Of Jewish descent.
Lucifer Morningstar : An Angel, once, and most dearly loved of God. Gave Ned Alleyn rather a bad turn, on one occasion. A mare
Marley, Christofer : (Kit; Christopher Marlowe; Sir Christofer) A Promethean. The dead shepherd. A playmaker and intelligencer. Dead (to begin with).
Marley, John : Father to Christofer Marley, a Master Cobbler of Canterbury
Marley, Tom : Brother to Christofer Marley
Mathews, Mistress : landlord of the Groaning Sergeant
Mebd, the : A Queen of Faerie
Mehiel : An Angel of the lord Mephostophilis: A dbon of Hell
Merlin : A legendary bard
Monteagle, Baron : William Parker, a cousin of William Shakespeare
Morgan le Fey : The half sister to Arthur, King of England. The Queen of Air and Darkness. And, formerly, Cornwall and/or Gore.
Murchaud : Morgan’s son, a Prince of Faerie
Nashe, Tom : A vile playmaker
Northampton, Earl of : A friend to Sir Walter Raleigh
Nottingham, Earl of : The lord Admiral, a patron of players.