William Rowley

William Rowley was a British playwright, actor and writer (1585–1626).

William Rowley in brief

Born
1585
Died
1626
Known for
playwright, actor and writer
Contents

Catalogued works

51 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1617 to 1973.

A Cure for a Cuckold. A Fair Quarrel. A Match at Midnight. A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed. A Shoemaker a Gentleman. All's Lost by Lust. Fortune by Land and Sea. The Birth of Merlin. Keep the Widow Waking. Love's Cure. The Changeling. The Travels of the Three English Brothers. Doubtful plays of William Shakespeare (Birth of Merlin / King Edward III / Locrine / London Prodigal / Thomas Lord Cromwell / Yorkshire Tragedy). A faire quarrell, dated 1617. Three Jacobean Tragedies ( The Changeling / The Revenger's Tragedy / The White Devil ). The Works Of Thomas Middleton, Volume 2. Travailes of the Three English Brothers, Sir Thomas, Sir Anthony, Mr. Robert Shirley. Doubtful Plays (Arden of Feversham / Birth of Merlin / Fair Em / King Edward III / Locrine / London Prodigal / Merry Devil of Edmonton / Mucedorus / Pericles / Puritan / Thomas, Lord Cromwell / Sir John Oldcastle / Two Noble Kinsmen / Yorkshire Tragedy). Doubtful Plays (Arden, of Feversham / Birth of Merlin / King Edward III / Locrine / London Prodigal / Merry Devil of Edmonton / Pericles / Sir John Oldcastle. Part 1 / Thomas Lord Cromwell / Yorkshire Tragedy). Doubtful Plays (16). The Works of Shakespeare. The Complete Works of Shakespeare, dated 1850. Pseudo-Shakespearian Plays (Birth of Merlin / Fair Em / King Edward III / Merry Devil of Edmonton), dated 1973. Doubtful Plays (Arden of Feversham / Birth of Merlin / Fair Em / King Edward III / Mucedorus), dated 1856. Nachträge zu Shakspeare's Werken (Birth of Merlin / King Edward III / Locrine / London Prodigal / Merry Devil of Edmonton / Pericles / Sir John Oldcastle / Thomas Lord Cromwell / Yorkshire Tragedy), dated 1842. A tragedy called All's lost by lvst. A critical old-spelling edition of A match at midnight. The birth of Merlin, "Written by William Shakespeare and William Rowley". A critical, old-spelling edition of William Rowley's A new wonder, a woman never vexed. For a funerall elegie on the death of Hugh Atwell, seruant to Prince Charles. A nevv vvonder, a woman never vext. A Nevv Wonder, A Woman Never Vext. The Thracian wonder. A tragedy called All's lost by lust. William Rowley. William Rowley, his All's lost by lust. The witch of Edmonton, 1658. A woman never vexed. A woman never vext; or: The widow of Cornhill. A new wonder, a woman never vext. The birth of Merlin, or, The childe hath found his father. A search for money. A search for money, or, The lamentable complaint for the loss of the wandering knight, Monsieur l'Argent. The rational practice of physic / Of William Rowley., dated 1793, held by Wellcome Collection. Truth vindicated; or, the specific differences of mental diseases ascertained / [William Rowley]., dated 1790, held by Wellcome Collection. Schola medicinae universalis nova. Pars prior, continens historiam medicinae, anatomiam, physiologiam, atque pathologiam specialem. [-Continuatio partis prioris.] / [William Rowley]., dated 1794, held by Wellcome Collection. A letter to Dr. William Hunter, on the dangerous tendency of medical vanity, occasioned by the death of the late Lady Holland / By William Rowley., dated 1774, held by Wellcome Collection. An essay on the cure of the gonorhoea [sic], or fresh contracted venereal infection, without the use of internal medicines / By William Rowley., dated 1771, held by Wellcome Collection. Manuscript Notes on the Design of a Canal between Hull and Liverpool; plus Enclosed Agreement between Erasmus Darwin and William Rowley, dated c.1760, held by Wellcome Collection. Schola medicinae; or, the new universal history and school of medicine / translated into English from the original Latin and Greek edition, by William Rowley., dated 1803, held by Wellcome Collection. An essay on the cure of ulcerated legs, without rest, exemplified by a varitey of cases, in which laborious exercise was used during the cures / [William Rowley]., dated 1771, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 80 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Rowley, William (1585?–1642?), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Rowley, William (1742–1806), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Rowley, Sir William (1690?–1768), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Rowley, Sir William (c. 1690–1768), naval officer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Wood, William Rowley, (born 22 March 1948), QC 1997a Circuit Judge, since 2002, Who's Who, 2007. Acte 2, Etudes Epistémè, 2007. Act I, Etudes Epistémè, 2007. Higher Education in the Midst of a Pandemic - Revisited, International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2022. Acte 3, Etudes Epistémè, 2007. Act II, Etudes Epistémè, 2007. Act V, Etudes Epistémè, 2007. Una reescritura jacobea de dos “novelas ejemplares”: La gitanilla y La fuerza de la sangre de Cervantes (1613) en The Spanish Gypsy (Middleton, Rowley, Dekker y Ford, 1623), Anales Cervantinos, 2024. Act III, Etudes Epistémè, 2007.

Digitised editions and texts

16 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Thomas Middleton, William Rowley - The Changeling (BBC WS 1975) (1975) — Internet Archive. Fortune by Land and Sea: A Tragi-comedy (1899) — Internet Archive. Thomas Middleton, William Rowley The Changeling ( BBC 1960 04 06) (1960) — Internet Archive. The battle for Berlin, Ontario : an historical drama (1992) — Internet Archive. The Birth of Merlin: The Childe Hath Found His Father (2021) — Internet Archive. The Changeling (1958) — Internet Archive. Love's Graduate: A Comedy (1885) — Internet Archive. The Fair Maid of the Exchange: A Comedy (1846) — Internet Archive. Old English Dramas (1889) — Internet Archive. Middleton, Rowley And Massinger - The Old Law (BBC R3 1986) (1986) — Internet Archive. Witch of Edmonton — Internet Archive. The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 5 (of 5) — Project Gutenberg. The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 3 (of 5) — Project Gutenberg. The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 4 (of 5) — Project Gutenberg. The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 1 (of 5) — Project Gutenberg. The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 2 (of 5) — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1585William Rowley born.
  2. 1626William Rowley died.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for William Rowley (Internet Archive), 38 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Rowley, Sir William (1690?–1768), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Rowley, Sir William (c. 1690–1768), naval officer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Rowley, William (1585?–1642?), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Rowley, William (1742–1806), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wood, William Rowley, (born 22 March 1948), QC 1997a Circuit Judge, since 2002, Who's Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 14 articles naming William Rowley.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 15 digitised items catalogued under William Rowley as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Project Gutenberg holds 5 full texts attributed to William Rowley.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 80 works naming William Rowley.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2248582: William Rowley

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “William Rowley”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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