Richard Burbage

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Burbage, Richard

Born circa 1567; died in 1619 in London. English actor.

Richard was the son of James and the brother of Cuthbert Burbage, both of whom were figures in the English theater. Richard Burbage was one of the most important actors of the English theater during the Renaissance and a friend and permanent colleague of W. Shakespeare. Both he and Shakespeare belonged to the troupe known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Company. Burbage possessed a gift for tragic drama, and Shakespeare wrote such roles as Richard III, Hamlet, Othello, Lear, and Macbeth for him. Contemporaries provided evidence of his great mastery as an actor, his talent for transforming himself on stage, and the richness of his mimicry and gestures.

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