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}}'''Richard Burbage''' was one of [[William Shakespeare]]'s actors who performed in all of his plays. When he and [[Will Kempe]] saw a [[Carrionite]] in the [[Globe Theatre]] in [[1599]], they decided not to tell anyone, knowing they would be sent to [[Bedlam Royal Hospital]] if they did. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')
}}'''Richard Burbage''' was one of [[William Shakespeare]]'s actors who performed in several of his plays.  
 
When Burbage and [[Will Kempe]] saw a [[Carrionite]] in the [[Globe Theatre]] in [[1599]], they decided not to tell anyone, lest they be sent to [[Bedlam Royal Hospital]], suspected of madness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')


After seeing Burbage in the debut performance of [[King Lear]], the [[First Doctor]] considered him a good actor, if "rubbish at portraying old men crushed by the delicious uncertainties of life". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')
After seeing Burbage in the debut performance of [[King Lear]], the [[First Doctor]] considered him a good actor, if "rubbish at portraying old men crushed by the delicious uncertainties of life". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'')

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Richard Burbage was one of William Shakespeare's actors who performed in several of his plays.

When Burbage and Will Kempe saw a Carrionite in the Globe Theatre in 1599, they decided not to tell anyone, lest they be sent to Bedlam Royal Hospital, suspected of madness. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)

After seeing Burbage in the debut performance of King Lear, the First Doctor considered him a good actor, if "rubbish at portraying old men crushed by the delicious uncertainties of life". (PROSE: Byzantium!)

Richard Burbage