SHAKESPEARE's ACTING COMPANY |
Richard Cowley |
A Founding Member |
Year of Birth: Unknown
Place of Birth: England
Date of Death: 1618
Career: Actor
Acting Troupes: The Chamberlain's Men/ The King's Men
Claim to Fame: Founding member of The Chamberlain's Men
Shakespeare Roles: The only play that he is documented to have acted in of Shakespeare's was Much Ado About Nothing in which he portrayed Verges.
Interesting Facts:
-Much of Richard Cowley's early life and even parts of his later life were not very clear as nothing was recorded about him.
-His name was printed as a speech-prefix for the part of Verges by Shakespeare himself which could mean that he had Cowley in mind when writing the part.
-He married a woman named Elizabeth and had four children, two of which died very early in life.
Place of Birth: England
Date of Death: 1618
Career: Actor
Acting Troupes: The Chamberlain's Men/ The King's Men
Claim to Fame: Founding member of The Chamberlain's Men
Shakespeare Roles: The only play that he is documented to have acted in of Shakespeare's was Much Ado About Nothing in which he portrayed Verges.
Interesting Facts:
-Much of Richard Cowley's early life and even parts of his later life were not very clear as nothing was recorded about him.
-His name was printed as a speech-prefix for the part of Verges by Shakespeare himself which could mean that he had Cowley in mind when writing the part.
-He married a woman named Elizabeth and had four children, two of which died very early in life.