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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.
John Heminge (baptized November 25, 1566, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England—died October 10, 1630, London) was an English actor who, with Henry Condell, prepared and oversaw the First Folio (1623), a collection of Shakespeare ’s plays. Heminge was an integral and prosperous member of the theatrical company that eventually became the King ...
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John Heminges was a Grocer, actor, and shareholder of the Globe and Blackfriars theatres. He was one of the two editors of the First Folio, the collected works of Shakespeare published in 1623.
John Heminges was one of Shakespeare's fellow actors who helped create the First Folio, a collection of his works published in 1623. Learn about the history of the folio, its impact, and its owners in this timeline.
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Learn about John Heminges, a fellow actor and editor of William Shakespeare, who helped to create the Globe theatre and the First Folio. Listen to an imagined account of his life and memories of Shakespeare.
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.
Nov 21, 2017 · In the early 1620s, a couple of aging actors named Henry Condell and John Heminges set about the task of publishing, in a single, bound volume, all of the plays of their late and beloved pal ...
