biography
pronunciation:
[berbij]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1569–1619)
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| biography:
| Actor, born in London, UK. He was the leading performer with Shakespeare's company, the Chamberlain's (later the King's) Men, from 1594 until his death, and was the first creator on stage of many of Shakespeare's greatest roles, including Hamlet, Othello, Richard III, and Lear. He performed at the first permanent public playhouse (The Theatre) built by Richard's father James in 1576, then from 1599 at the Globe, which Richard and his brother Cuthbert built on the south bank of the R Thames. Burbage also played leading roles in dramas by Jonson and others. |
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