Mary Sidney, married name Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, (1561–1621), one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works
Mary's husband died in 1600 leaving her, John Aubrey reported, with less financial support than she might have expected (through views on its adequacy vary).
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Fulke Greville, Sir William Alexander, and Mary Sidney wrote closet dramas in the age of Shakespeare and Jonson.