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Henry Condell (bapt. 5 September 1576 – December 1627) was a British actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. With John Heminges, he was instrumental in preparing and editing the First Folio, the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623.
Henry Condell (died December 1627, London, Eng.) was an English actor who was one of the chief movers in sponsoring and preparing the First Folio of 1623, the first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays.
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Henry Condell (died December 1627) was an actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. With John Heminges, he was instrumental in preparing the First Folio, the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623.
Nov 15, 2023 · “I had this image in my head: a portrait of Shakespeare—the universal playwright, whose work I truly believe speaks to everyone—backgrounded by space, with earth’s curvature in the background,”...
The editors, John Heminges and Henry Condell, both actors in the King’s Men, had known the subject and must have approved this likeness, which is thought to derive from a lost painting. Reissued in editions of 1632 and 1663, the print was reengraved as a frontispiece for the fourth edition of 1685.
