Author:James Shirley

James Shirley
(1596–1666)

James Shirley

Works

Plays

Comedy

• The Wedding (1629)
• Love Tricks; or, the School of Compliments (1631)
• The Changes, or, Love in a maze (1632)
• The Bird in a Cage (1633)
• The Wittie Faire one (1633)
• Hide-Parke (1637)
• The Gamester (1637)
• The Lady of Pleasure (1637)
• The Ball (1639), possibly including contributions by George Chapman
• The Humorous Courtier (1640)
• The Opportunity (1640)
• The Constant Maid; or, Love will find out the Way (1640)
• The Coronation (1640) (sometimes attributed to John Fletcher}
• The Brothers (1653)
• The Sisters (1653)

Tragedy

• The Traytor (1635)
• Chabot, Admiral of France (1639), predominantly by George Chapman
• The Maides Revenge (1639)
• Love's Crueltie (1640)
• St. Patrick for Ireland, a History (1640). (First part only, the second was never publish'd.)
• The Cardinal (1652)
• The Politician (1655)

Tragi-comedy

• The Grateful Servant (1630)
• The Example (1637)
• The Young Admirall (1637)
• The Duke's Mistress (1638)
• The Royall Master (1638)
• The Doubtful Heir (1652)
• The Imposture (1652)
• A Court Secret (1653)
• The Gentleman of Venice (1655)

Pastoral

• Arcadia (1614)

Masque

• A Contention for Honour and Riches (1633)
• The Triumphs of Peace (1634)
• The Triumph of Beautie (1646)
• Cupid and Death (1653)
• Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for Achilles's Armour (1659)
• Honoria and Mammon (1659), an enlarged version of A Contention for Honour and Riches

Poetry

• Poems (1646)

Collected works

• The Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley (1833), by Alexander Dyce (in 6 vols.) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Works about Shirley

• "James Shirley," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (pp. 131−134), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698)

• "James Shirley" (1882), a sonnet by Algernon Charles Swinburne
• "Shirley, James," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Shirley, James," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (21) (1886)
• "Shirley, James," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Shirley, James," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Shirley, James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "James Shirley," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Shirley, James," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)