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William Kempe. William Kempe ( c. 1560 – c. 1603), commonly referred to as Will Kemp, was an English actor and dancer specialising in comic roles and best known for having been one of the original stage actors in early dramas by William Shakespeare. Roles associated with his name may include the great comic creation Falstaff and his ...
William Kempe (born c. 1560—died c. 1603) was one of the most famous clowns of the Elizabethan era. Much of his reputation as a clown grew from his work as a member of the Chamberlain’s Men ( c. 1594–99), of which he was part of the original company. Kempe was also renowned as a dancer of jigs. The first record of Kempe as a performer is ...
William Kempe. William Kempe was one of the most beloved clowns in the Elizabethan theatre. Records tell us that Kempe was an actor with Leicester's Men on a tour of the Netherlands and Denmark in 1585-86. By 1593 Kempe was a member of Strange's Men, and theatre-goers and fellow actors were beginning to recognize his comedic talent.
William Kempe. (1560?–1603?). English actor William Kempe was one of the most famous clowns of the Elizabethan era. Much of his reputation as a clown grew from his work as a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the theatrical company for which William Shakespeare was the main dramatist. Kempe was a member of the company from about 1594 to ...
Kemp was born in Hertfordshire, England. Trained at the Royal Ballet School, at age 17 he was accepted at dance company Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP). He won the lead role of The Swan in Matthew Bourne 's Swan Lake from 1997 to 2000 in both London and Broadway. [1] In 2002 he could be seen dancing to "Stuff Like That" in a Peter Lindbergh ...
Actor: Metropolitan. Will Kempe was born and raised on the island of Bermuda, shipped off to boarding school at age 9, educated in England at the Dragon School in Oxford and then at Wellington College in Berkshire. A stint at the University of Western Ontario followed arriving in New York in 1986 to become an actor where he was fortunate enough ...
William Kempe (died 1603), commonly referred to as Will Kemp, was an English actor and dancer specialising in comic roles and best known for having been one of the original players in early dramas by William Shakespeare. Roles associated with his name may include the great comic creation, Falstaff, and his contemporaries considered him the ...
