James Shirley
1596
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1666
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Kingdom of England
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: St Catharine's College, Cambridge
occupation: playwright, writer, poet
James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 1666) was an English dramatist. He belonged to the great period of English dramatic literature, but, in Charles Lamb's words, he "claims a place among the worthies of this period, not so much for any transcendent genius in himself, as that he was the last of a great race, all of whom spoke nearly the same language and had a set of moral feelings and notions in common." His career of play writing extended from 1625 to the suppression of stage plays by Parliament in 1642. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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