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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.
Feb 23, 2024 · Last Updated: Feb 23, 2024 • Article History. Category: Arts & Culture. Died: December 1627, London, Eng. Henry Condell (died December 1627, London, Eng.) was an English actor who was one of the chief movers in sponsoring and preparing the First Folio of 1623, the first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays.
Shakespeare's Players. Henry Condell (died December 1627) was an actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. With John Heminges, he was instrumental in preparing the First Folio, the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623.
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...
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’.
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...
Nov 5, 2015 · 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.
