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Richard Burbage (c. 1567 – 13 March 1619) was an English stage actor, widely considered to have been one of the most famous actors of the Globe Theatre and of his time. In addition to being a stage actor , he was also a theatre owner, entrepreneur, and painter.
March 9/13, 1619, London, Eng. Richard Burbage (born c. 1567, London—died March 9/13, 1619, London, Eng.) was an English actor, known as the first player of Shakespeare’s Richard III, Romeo, Henry V, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and Lear. The son of the actor and theatre manager and owner James Burbage, Richard had attained wide popularity as ...
May 29, 2018 · Richard Burbage (c. 1567-1619) was a well-known actor in Elizabethan England. A friend and business associate of the playwright William Shakespeare, Burbage was the first actor to utter some of the Bard's most famous lines on stage, including Hamlet "s lament, "to be or not to be, that is the question."
He was a theatre entrepreneur and artist, but he is most famous as an actor – one of the leading actors of his time. While Shakespeare wrote the great plays for the Chamberlaine’s Men and later the King’s Men, Burbage starred for the company and played the great leading roles of Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear.
Richard Burbage achieved success as performer by the age of twenty and during his career he appeared in plays by Jonson, Kyd, Beaumont and Fletcher, and John Webster. He also played many of the major Shakespearean characters, including Othello, Hamlet, Lear, and Richard III.
Richard Burbage ( c. 1567 – 13 March 1619) was an English stage actor, widely considered to have been one of the most famous actors of the Globe Theatre and of his time. In addition to being a stage actor, he was also a theatre owner, entrepreneur, and painter. He was the younger brother of Cuthbert Burbage. They were both actors in drama.
Apr 6, 2018 · Life & Arts. Add to myFT. Richard Burbage: the man who created Hamlet — and Romeo, and Lear. Andrew Dickson sets out to rescue a great Shakespearean actor who ‘seemed to have been airbrushed...
