Romeus and Juliet, Arthur Brooke’s, [55] [322]
Ronsard, plagiarised by English sonnetteers, [102] [103] n 3 [432] seq.
by Shakespeare, [111] [112] and n 1
his claim for the immortality of verse, [114] and n 1 [116] n
his sonnets of vituperation, [121]
first gave the sonnet a literary vogue in France, [442]
and ‘La Pléiade,’ [442]
modern reprint of his works, [445] n
Rosalind, played by a boy, [38] n 2
Rosaline, praised for her ‘blackness,’ [118] [119]
‘Rosalynde, Euphues Golden Legacie,’ Lodge’s, [209]
Rose Theatre, Bankside: erected by Philip Henslowe, [36]
opened by Lord Strange’s company, [36]
the scene of the poet’s first successes, [37]
performance of Henry VI, [56]
production of the Venesyon Comedy, [69]
Rossi, representation of Shakespeare by, [352]
Roussillon, Countess of, [163]
Rowe, Nicholas, on the parentage of Shakespeare’s wife, [18]
on Shakespeare’s poaching escapade, [27]
on Shakespeare’s performance of the Ghost in Hamlet, [44]
on the story of Southampton’s gift to Shakespeare, [126]
on Queen Elizabeth’s enthusiasm for the character of Falstaff, [171]
on the poet’s last years at Stratford, [266]
on John Combe’s epitaph, [269] n
his edition of the poet’s plays, [314] [362]
Rowington, the Richard and William Shakespeares of, [2]