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John Heminges (1566–1630) and Henry Condell (1576–1627) were men he trusted and liked. Along with Richard Burbage, they were added to the latest draft of his will and bequeathed 26s 8d each (one mark) to buy mourning rings. Shakespeare refers to them there as ‘my fellows’; all three men had sons named William.
Jul 12, 2012 · John Heminge and Henry Condell address their prefatory letter to Shakespeare's first folio “To the great Variety of Readers,” defining this “Variety” as encompassing readers “From the most able, to him that can but spell.”1 Like the playhouses, the folio ushers in a diverse audience of readers, whose numbers and practices are the ...
Brandeis University First Folio. hide References (1 total) Cross-references to this page (1): Clifford E. Wulfman, The Perseus Garner: An Overview, The Works of William Shakespeare. hide Search. Searching in English. More search options. Limit Search to: First Folio (this document)
Dec 31, 2014 · On leaf preceding frontispiece: "July 15, 1896. Unveiling the monument to John Heminge and Henry Condell, friends and fellow-actors of Shakespeare, at St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, London, by the Rt. Hon. the lord mayor of London. Presented to the New York times by Charles Clement Walker."
Henry Condell. 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. [1]
Accordingly, in 1607, a year after Anne’s remarriage, the executorship passed to John Heminges ( Playhouse Wills, p. 74). Following Anne’s death in January 1618, Witter sued Heminges and Henry Condell for her share in the Globe. The resulting lawsuit, from which eight documents survive, provides useful information on the Globe site and the ...
Aug 17, 2019 · Walker, Charles Clement. John Heminge and Henry Condell, Friends and Fellow-Actors of Shakespeare, and What the World Owes to Them. London: privately printed, 1896. Google Scholar. The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare - January 2016.
