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Robert Armin (c. 1568 – 1615) was an English actor, and member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. He became the leading comedy actor with the troupe associated with William Shakespeare following the departure of Will Kempe around 1600. Also a popular comic author, he wrote a comedy, The History of the Two Maids of More-clacke, as well as Foole ...
Robert Armin (c. 1568–1615) was an English actor and playwright best known as a leading comic actor in the plays of William Shakespeare. He performed with the Chamberlain’s Men from about 1598 to 1610 and originated some of the most famous comic roles in Elizabethan theater, including Touchstone in As You Like It.
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Feb 13, 2013 · The influence of one of Shakespeare's principal actors on many of the bard's plays has been revealed by an Oxford University academic. Dr Bart van Es of Oxford University's Faculty of English Language and Literature has found that the writings of Robert Armin, who became lead comic actor in Shakespeare's company in the summer of 1600, shaped ...
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Nov 4, 2022 · Where Kempe had projected a kind of extroverted simplicity, Robert Armin was a walking labyrinth, subtle and skeptical, peering out from behind the many projections of his own inscrutable self.
Robert Armin was an English actor, and member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. He became the leading comedy actor with the troupe associated with William Shakespeare following the departure of Will Kempe around 1600. Also a popular comic author, he wrote a comedy, The History of the Two Maids of More-clacke, as well as Foole upon Foole, A Nest of Ninnies (1608) and The Italian Taylor and his Boy.
Oct 29, 2009 · Summary. A study of Robert Armin's career does much to illuminate the very different career of his predecessor, Kemp. Armin's own writings do much to document his life, and there is general scholarly agreement that the parts of ‘fools’ in Shakespeare were written for Armin to perform. While the idea that a performer's art could shape ...
"Robert Armin" published on by null. (c.1568–1615)An actor and writer who seems to have joined Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, by 1599. The author of a book called Foole upon Foole (1600), he specialized in comic roles, and may have succeeded Will Kemp.
