Ian Lancashire
University of Toronto
for the Shakespeare Association of America
San Francisco 1999
Actor, whiche dothe the dede. Also in the lawe the plaintife, complaynant, or demandaunt. Also a player of enterludes. Also a mannes factour or baylyffe, that hathe the charge of his busynesse.
Actor, oris. m. g. p. l. verbale, ab Ago. The doer of a deede: an aduocate: the plantife: the pleader: an attorney: a plaier: a factor: a Bayliffe in husbandry.
ACTOR: Actor. A doer, sometime a Player.
ACTOR: Actor. A stage player, or one doing a thing.
© Feb. 1999