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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.
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John Heminges was a fellow actor, shareholder and colleague of Shakespeare, who left him a mourning ring in his will. He also co-edited the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays with Henry Condell in 1623.
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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 First Folio and its impact on Shakespeare's legacy 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 his memories of Shakespeare and his plays.
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.
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...
