SHAKESPEARE's ACTING COMPANY |
Richard Burbage |
Shakespeare's Leading Actor |
Year of Birth: 1567
Place of Birth: Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Date of Death: March 13, 1619
Career: Actor, Theatrical Entrepreneur, and painter
Other Acting Troupes: Member of the Earl of Leicester's Company, The Chamberlain's Men and The King's Men
Claim to Fame: the most well known actor of the Globe Theater of his time and the principal actor in plays written by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Roles: Burbage excelled in tragedy plays, portraying Hamlet, Richard III, Othello and King Lear.
Interesting Facts:
-He was the son of James Burbage who is the first famous theatrical entrepreneur and also founded the first theater named "The Theatre".
-Richard built the Globe Theater with his brother, Cuthbert.
-He is buried at St. Leonard's Church which is very close to the original theater his father built. His gravestone reads, "Exit Burbage".
Place of Birth: Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Date of Death: March 13, 1619
Career: Actor, Theatrical Entrepreneur, and painter
Other Acting Troupes: Member of the Earl of Leicester's Company, The Chamberlain's Men and The King's Men
Claim to Fame: the most well known actor of the Globe Theater of his time and the principal actor in plays written by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Roles: Burbage excelled in tragedy plays, portraying Hamlet, Richard III, Othello and King Lear.
Interesting Facts:
-He was the son of James Burbage who is the first famous theatrical entrepreneur and also founded the first theater named "The Theatre".
-Richard built the Globe Theater with his brother, Cuthbert.
-He is buried at St. Leonard's Church which is very close to the original theater his father built. His gravestone reads, "Exit Burbage".