SHAKESPEARE'S ACTORS
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The First Folio of 1623 included a page with a list of the actors in Shakespeare's plays:
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The Workes of William Shakespeare,
containing all his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies:
Truely set forth, according to their first original
The names of the principal actors in all these plays
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William Shakespeare Samuel Gilburne
Richard Burbadge Robert Armin
John Hemmings William Ostler
Augustine Phillips Nathan Field
William Kempt John Underwood
Thomas Poope Nicholas Tooley
George Bryan William Ecclestone
Henry Condell Joseph Taylor
William Slye Robert Benfield
Richard Cowly Robert Goughe
John Lowine Richard Robinson
Samuell Crosse John Shancke
Alexander Cooke John Rice
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For a further Fact Sheet on the Globe Theatre click here
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For a further Fact Sheet on Richard Burbage click here
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For an imagining of a performance at Shakespeare's Theatre click here
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For Performance Histories of Shakespeare's plays click here