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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.
Robert Armin (born c. 1568—died November 1615, London, England) 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 approximately 1598 to 1610 and originated some of the most famous comic roles in Elizabethan theatre.
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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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It was my first part in the new Globe. What a great year 1599 was: in some ways the start of my acting career – certainly my major break. The days of grammar school back in King’s Lynn and those seven years training to be a goldsmith seemed far behind me, as I sat and watched the Lord Chamberlain’s Men: Augustine Phillips, Henry Condell ...
Primarily known as Shakespeare's comic actor after William Kemp, Robert Armin was also an author in his own right and a solo improvisatory comedian. Most critics believe he joined the Chamberlains
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 ...
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.
