| A | B |
|---|
| Johnson was born | two months after father died |
| his stepfather | a bricklayer |
| attended | Westminster School |
| fought w/ English | in the Neatherlands |
| wrote two tragedies | Sejanus (1603) and Catiline (1611) |
| Every Man in His Humour was successfully presented by the Lord Chamberlain's theatrical company | recommended by Shakesphere |
| the four “humours” of medieval and Renaissance medicine | choler, melancholy, phlegm, and blood |
| killed a fellow actor in a duel | escaped capital punishment, brief imprisonment, and became Catholic |
| the longest play ever written for the Elizabethan public theatre | Every Man Out of His Humour (1599) |
| the “private” theatres | only young boys acted |
| liked at court by James I and Charles I | his post as poet laureate |
| collaborated with | architect and designer Inigo Jones |
