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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 · 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 how Shakespeare portrayed fools and jesters in plays including King Lear, As You Like It, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night and All's Well that Ends Well.
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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.
Aug 17, 2019 · The Alchemist All’s Well That Ends Well Amiens Armin, John Armin, Robert artificial fool As You Like It Autolycus Balthasar Blackfriars (playhouse) “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind” Blue John Buffone, Carlo Burbage, Richard Children of the King’s Majesty’s Revels clown “Come Away, Come Away, Death” countertenor Curtain (playhouse) Davies, John, of Hereford Dogberry Drugger, Abel ...
"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.
