Dennis, John, on the Merry Wives of Windsor, [171] [172]
his tribute to the poet, [332]
Derby, Ferdinando Stanley, Earl of, his patronage of actors, [35]
performances by his company, [56] [59] [66] [73]
Spenser’s bestowal of the title of ‘Amyntas’ on, [385] n 2
Derby, William Stanley, Earl of, [161]
Desmond, Earl of, Ben Jonson’s apostrophe to the, [140]
Desportes, Philippe, his sonnet on Sleep, [101] and [431]
plagiarised by Drayton and others, [103] and n 3, [430] seq.
plagiarised indirectly by Shakespeare, [110] [111]
his claim for the immortality of verse, [114] and n 1
Daniel’s indebtedness to him, [430] [431] [443] [444] [445] n
Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft, [365]
Devrient family, the, stage representation of Shakespeare by, [346]
Diana, George de Montemayor’s, and Two Gentlemen of Verona, [53]
translations of, [53]
‘Diana’ the title of Constable’s collection of sonnets, [88] n [96] n [104] [431]
Diderot, opposition to Voltaire’s strictures by, [348]