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|appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Diary Extract (short story)|Diary Extract]]''|''[[The Prints of Denmark (audio story)|The Prints of Denmark]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Diary Extract (short story)|Diary Extract]]''|[[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prints of Denmark (audio story)|The Prints of Denmark]]''}} | ||
|actor = Jahaal Hartley | |actor = Jahaal Hartley | ||
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Revision as of 10:08, 14 May 2022
Richard Burbage was the leading player of Lord Chamberlain's Men, a group that performed several of William Shakespeare's plays. Along with his brother Cuthbert Burbage, Richard owned the Globe Theatre. (PROSE: Diary Extract)
Biography
In 1599, Burbage saw a Carrionite in the Globe Theatre. He was with Will Kempe at the time and they decided not to tell anyone so they would not be suspected of madness. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
In late 1601, Burbage visited an inn and listened to Shakespeare's outline of the play Twelfth Night with the Fifth Doctor. (PROSE: Diary Extract)
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!)
In the first staging of Macbeth, a performance attended by King James I and Queen Anne, Burbage portrayed the titular character. (PROSE: The Empire of Glass)
Behind the scenes
- He was played by Martin Clunes in the film Shakespeare in Love and Paul Freeman in the miniseries Will Shakespeare.
