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Richard Burbage (1568-1619) was the leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's - King's Men, playing the dramatic leads, including Richard III, Hamlet, Lear and Othello. He may have begun his career as early as 1584; ten years later he rivalled Edward Alleyn as the greatest English tragedian. He continued to perform until his death* in 1619.
Jan 23, 2024 · 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.
English actor Richard Burbage was known as the first performer to play William Shakespeare ’s Richard III, Othello, Romeo, Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth, and Lear. He excelled in tragedy, performing in works by Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson, and John Webster, as well as by Shakespeare. Burbage was born about 1567 in London, England, to the actor and ...
Little is known about some of the individuals named as actors in the First Folio—such as Samuel Crosse—but others are better documented; none more so than the man whose name appears immediately after Shakespeare’s and to whom Shakespeare left money to buy a mourning ring in his will, along with Heminges and Condell—Richard Burbage (1568-1619).
Cuthbert Burbage (c. 15 June 1565 – 15 September 1636) was an English theatrical figure, son of James Burbage, builder of the Theatre in Shoreditch and elder brother of the actor Richard Burbage. From 1589 he was the owner of the ground lease of the Theatre. Best known for his central role in the construction of the Globe Theatre, he was for ...
May 29, 2019 · Actor Iain Glen who lives in Dulwich. Burbage married Winifred Turner at some point in the 1590s and together the couple had eight children, with all but one dying in infancy. The only child to survive, William, was born in 1616 and named after Shakespeare, but little is known of what became of him. Burbage died on March 9, 1619, at 52 amid a ...
