Aubrey, John From: A Dictionary of Shakespeare | Date: 1998| Author: | © A Dictionary of Shakespeare 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. Copyright information

Aubrey, John (1626–97) His posthumously published Brief Lives include gossip about Shakespeare, some of it from William Beeston, son of Christopher, a member of Shakespeare's company. He describes Shakespeare as ‘a handsome, well-shaped man: very good company, and of a very ready and pleasant smooth wit’, and says that he was ...

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