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John Heminges (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.
Shakespeare left Richard Burbage (1567-1619), John Heminges (1566-1630) and Henry Condell (1576-1627) twenty-six shillings and eight pence each (one mark) to buy mourning rings. They were colleagues and friends, and in the will Shakespeare refers to them as ‘my fellows’.
Listen to an imagined account from a principal actor in the King's Men and compiler of Shakespeare's First Folio.
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Hearing the news of his death, two of Shakespeare’s friends and fellow actors in his theater troupe, John Heminges and Henry Condell, took it upon themselves to create a complete collection of...
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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.
John Heminges returns to his house on the site of the Globe Theatre with a precious package – the first edition of William Shakesepeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies which he has just collected from the printer, Isaac Jaggard.
John Heminges. (1566—1630) editor of Shakespeare's first folio. Quick Reference. (1566–1630), and. (d. 1627), were fellow actors of Shakespeare and joint editors of the First Folio of his plays (1623). Heming is said to have been the first player of Falstaff. From: Heminges, John in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature »
