John Hemminge

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Noun1.John Hemminge - English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)John Hemminge - English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
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Condell worked with John Heminges on the book, which put together 36 of Shakespeare's plays, preserving them for generations of theater and literature lovers.
Other errors have a broader impact on the shape of McCarthy's argument, such as the assertion that only one of John Heminges's apprentices, William Trigg, went on to an adult career (74).
Ned Lambert is a boy player, apprenticed to John Heminges and billeted in his house.
This rare book, Mr William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, & tragedies, was published in 1623 because actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, one-time friends and colleagues of Shakespeare, thought it should be done.
Both plays involved controversy and censorship, which prepared him for the anti-theatrical prejudice hovering over the playhouse productions, and allowed him to study his craft among such greats as Richard Burbage, John Heminges, and Henry Condell.
John Hemmyng (John Heminges), the actor, manager and editor of Shakespeare's first folio, is also named as a trustee on the deed, although his signature is not on the document.
Shakespeare, John Heminges, Augustine Phillips, and Thomas Pope had the other half.
Of course, Shakespeare's works have their fullest existence on the stage rather than the page, but nevertheless come to us in the "First Folio" prepared by John Heminges and Henry Condell in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death.
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