_Roman Actor, The_, 224. _Roman Father, The_, 294. _Roman Revenge, The_, 304. _Romeo and Juliet_, 12, 114, ~126-134~, 136, 146, 185, 226, 236, 270, 292. _Romeus and Juliet_, 127. Rossetti, D. G., 347. Rowe, Nicholas, ~283-289~, 291, 294, 307, 316, 323. Rowley, William, ~218~, ~219~, 227, 229. _Royal Convert, The_, 283. _Royal Master, The_, 232. _Roxana_, 59. Rymer, T., 250, 260. Sackville, Thomas, 52. _Samson Agonistes_, 14, 264, 298. Santayana, George, 192 n. _Sardanapalus_, 345, ~351~, 358. _Sarpedon_, 71 n. Schelling, F. W. J. von, 359. Schiller, F. von, 327, 341, 357, ~359~, 363. _Scipio, Africanus_, 71 n. _Scornful Lady, The_, 322 n. Scott, Sir Walter, 129, 262, 285, 312, 335, 339, 341, ~349~, ~350~, 357, 361. Scudéry, G. de, 247. _Second Maiden's Tragedy, The_, 199, 201, 221. _Secret Love_, 259. _Sejanus_, ~141-144~, 172. _Selimus_, 108, 164. _Semiramis_, 295 n. Seneca, characteristics of his tragedies, 33-36; their revival on the continent, 36-38; in England, 38-46; English imitations of, 51-58; Latin imitations of at the English universities, 58-61; influence of on popular plays, 62-69, 73-75; his models rejected by Marlowe, 89-90; adapted by Kyd and others, 100-108, 113; his influence on _Richard III_, 118, 119; on Ben Jonson, 143; on Chapman, 144; on Marston and revenge tragedies, 146-154 _passim_; on _Hamlet_, 159, 160; and traceable elsewhere in Shakespeare, 183-185; in later drama, 196, 215. Settle, Elkanah, 253, 266. Sheil, R. L., 344. Shakespeare, his conception of tragedy, 8, 9; his relations to Kyd, 100, 104, 105; to other predecessors, 107-111; his early tragedies and histories, 113-116; _King John_, 116, 117; _Richard III_, 117-123; _Richard II_, 123-126; _Romeo and Juliet_, 126-133; his relations to his contemporaries, 136-147 _passim_; to the revenge tragedies, 147-154; _Julius Cæsar_, 154; _Hamlet_, 155-162; _Othello_, 162-166; _Lear_, 166-175; _Antony and Cleopatra_ and _Coriolanus_, 175-179; summary of his work in tragedy, 181-195; his influence on Elizabethan successors, 196-241 _passim_; Restoration criticisms and alterations of his tragedies, 248-252, 260-262, 264-266, 269, 270, 277-279; his plays in the eighteenth century, 282, 292-294; Rowe's indebtedness to, 288, 289; Thomson's indebtedness, 301, 302; Hill's, 304, 305; influence of _Othello_, 309; his plays in the patent theatres, 331, 332; his influence on the romanticists, 339; on Wordsworth, 341; on Coleridge, 342; on Lamb, 343; his influence dominant in nineteenth century tragedy, 355-363 _passim_; and through the whole course of English tragedy, 370, 372, 376. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 14, 182, 338, 347, 348, ~353-355~, 356-359, 367, 368. Sheridan, R. B., 327. Sheridan, Thomas, 299. _She Stoops to Conquer_, 319. Shirley, James, 199, ~229-234~, 235, 237, 238, 240, 251, 252, 255, 256, 282, 344. _Sicily and Naples_, 236.