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Basse, William, his tribute to Shakespeare, 50
Beeston, Christopher, Elizabethan actor, 64
Beeston, William the first, patron of Nash, 64
Beeston, William the second, his theatrical career, 65, 66;
his gossip about Shakespeare, 65;
his conversation, 66;
Aubrey's account of, 67
Beethoven, statue of, 233
Beljame, Alexandre, on English literature, 201;
death of, 201
Benson, Mr F.R., his company of actors, 111;
his principles, 112 _seq._;
list of Shakespeare plays produced by, 114 _n._;
his production of _Hamlet_ unabridged, 116-118;
his training of actors, 119;
his services to Shakespeare, 121;
his pupils on the London stage, 130
Berkenhout, John, 195
Betterton, Thomas, at Stratford-on-Avon, 73;
contributes to Rowe's biography, 73, 76;
his rendering of Hamlet, 101, 102
Biography, art of, in England, 51
Bishop, Sir William, 76
Bishopsgate (London), Shakespeare at, 226, 227
Blackfriars, Shakespeare's house at, 227
Boileau, and English literature, 199
Bolingbroke, in _Richard II._, patriotism of, 173
Bowman, John, actor, 69;
at Stratford-on-Avon, 76
Boys in women's parts in Elizabethan theatres, 19, 41;
abandonment of the practice, 43;
superseded by women, 88, 89
Buchanan, George, his plays, 204
Burbage, Richard, Shakespeare's friend and fellow-actor, 33
Burns, Mr John, 131
Burns, Robert, French study of, 201;
monument to, 233, 237
Byron, Lord, on Petrarch at Arqua, 225;
statue of, 237
Calderon, 136;
monument to, 233
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