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- 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.
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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’.
Heminges was mentioned in Shakespeare's will, along with Richard Burbage and Henry Condell, each being bequeathed 26 shillings and eightpence to buy mourning rings. Burbage died before the publication of Shakespeare's First Folio, but Heminges and Condell became credited contributors of the book. They mentioned in their preface, "To the great ...
Along with Henry Condell and Richard Burbage, Heminge was closely associated with Shakespeare throughout his career. The three are listed among the 26 principal actors in his plays, and he left them token remembrances in his will. In their prefatory letters of dedication to the First Folio, Heminge and Condell make it clear that the book was in ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Condell’s name and that of John Heminge were linked with Shakespeare’s for 30 years: they had been shareholders and fellow actors in the Blackfriars and Globe theatres; Shakespeare left each of them a token remembrance in his will. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 14, 2015 · The monument, topped with a bust of Shakespeare, is well cared-for but few people probably visit it to pay homage to Heminges and Condell. This is a pity because all those of us who care about Shakespeare owe them a tremendous debt.
Thus Heminges and Condell reveal that “shortly after” February 21, 1599, the five shareholders who constituted the third party to the lease, including William Shakespeare, transferred their moiety to William Leveson and Thomas Savage, who transferred it back to the five as five distinct parts rather than as one entire moiety.
