At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844 – 1900
James Shirley biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of James Shirley

Author Name:

James Shirley

Born As:

James Shirley

Other Names:

James Shirley

Born:

Sep 1596

Died:

29 Oct 1666




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Selected works:

The following list includes years of first publication, and of performance if known, and dates of licensing by the Master of the Revels where available.

Tragedies:

The Maid's Revenge - licensed 1626; printed, 1639
The Traitor - licensed 1631; printed, 1635
Love's Cruelty - licensed 1631; printed, 1640
The Politician - acted, 1639; printed, 1655
The Cardinal - licensed 1641; printed, 1652.

Tragicomedies:

The Grateful Servant - licensed 1629 as The Faithful Servant; printed 1630
The Young Admiral - licensed 1633; printed 1637
The Coronation - licensed 1635, as Shirley's, but printed in 1640 as a work of John Fletcher
The Duke's Mistress - licensed 1636; printed 1638
The Gentleman of Venice - licensed 1639; printed 1655
The Doubtful Heir - printed 1652, licensed as Rosania, or Love's Victory in 1640
The Imposture - licensed 1640; printed 1652
The Court Secret - printed 1653.

Comedies:

Love Tricks, or the School of Complement - licensed, 1625; printed under its subtitle, 1631
The Wedding - ca. 1626; printed 1629
The Brothers - licensed 1626; printed 1652
The Witty Fair One - licensed 1628; printed 1633
The Humorous Courtier - licensed 1631; printed 1640.
The Changes, or Love in a Maze - licensed 1632; printed 1639
Hyde Park - licensed 1632; printed 1637
The Ball - licensed 1632; printed 1639
The Bird in a Cage, or The Beauties - licensed 1633; printed 1633
The Gamester - licensed 1633; printed 1637
The Example - licensed 1634; printed 1637
The Opportunity - licensed 1634; printed 1640
The Lady of Pleasure - licensed 1635; printed 1637
The Royal Master - acted and printed 1638
The Constant Maid, or Love Will Find Out the Way - printed 1640
The Sisters - licensed 1642; printed 1653.

Dramas:

A Contention for Honor and Riches - printed 1633, morality play
The Triumph of Peace - licensed 1634; printed 1634, masque
The Arcadia - printed 1640, pastoral tragicomedy
St. Patrick for Ireland - printed 1640, neo-miracle play
The Triumph of Beauty - ca. 1640; printed 1646, masque
The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses - printed 1659, entertainment
Cupid and Death - performed March 26, 1653; printed 1659, masque
Honoria and Mammon - unperformed; printed 1659, morality.                          
                          
                          
James Shirley's first poem, Echo, or the Unfortunate Lovers, of which no copy is known, but which is probably the same as Narcissus of 1646, was published in 1618.