Richard Burbage
Standard Name: Burbage, Richard
Connections
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Family and Intimate relationships | Anne Bacon | In November 1596, after Burbage
acquired a building for a new public theatre at Blackfriars, the name of the widowed Elizabeth Russell stood first on a petition by local residents to the Privy Council... |
Occupation | William Shakespeare | Blackfriars had been built by Richard Burbage
in 1596. Apart from the composition of the audience, the biggest difference between it and the public theatres was that here candlelight could replace or supplement daylight. The... |
Timeline
September 1598
Ben Jonson
's earliest well-known comedy, Every Man in His Humour, was first performed, with a cast that included Richard Burbage
and William Shakespeare
.