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John Heminges [a] (bapt. 25 November 1556 – 10 October 1630) was an actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. Along with Henry Condell, he was an editor of the First Folio, the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623. He was also the financial manager for the King's Men.
John Heminge (baptized November 25, 1566, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England—died October 10, 1630, London) was an English actor who, with Henry Condell, prepared and oversaw the First Folio (1623), a collection of Shakespeare’s plays.
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John Heminges was a Grocer, actor, and shareholder of the Globe and Blackfriars theatres. He was one of the two editors of the First Folio, the collected works of Shakespeare published in 1623.
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John Heminges was one of Shakespeare's fellow actors who helped create the First Folio, a collection of his works published in 1623. Learn about the history of the folio, its impact, and its owners in this timeline.
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Learn about John Heminges, a fellow actor and editor of William Shakespeare, who helped to create the Globe theatre and the First Folio. Listen to an imagined account of his life and memories of Shakespeare.
Nov 21, 2017 · In the early 1620s, a couple of aging actors named Henry Condell and John Heminges set about the task of publishing, in a single, bound volume, all of the plays of their late and beloved pal...
Summary. Their names usually appear together as Shakespeare's friends, fellow actors and ‘editors’ of the 1623 Folio. But how might Shakespeare have perceived them? John Heminges (1566–1630) and Henry Condell (1576–1627) were men he trusted and liked.
