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John Heminges [a] (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. He was also the financial manager for the King's Men.
Mar 12, 2024 · 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.
1616 – 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...
Year. 1895–1896. Location. St Mary Aldermanbury old churchyard, City of London. The John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial is a memorial to the actors John Heminges and Henry Condell – the editors of William Shakespeare 's First Folio, published in 1623 – in the former churchyard of St Mary Aldermanbury on Love Lane, London EC2.
The following is an imagined account from the life of John Heminges who was a good friend and fellow actor of William Shakespeare. Together with Henry Condell, he edited Shakespeare's First Folio, published in 1623. Transcript: It was the burning down of the Globe that broke his spirit.
Apr 17, 2024 · 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 »
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...
