Jonson not
infrequently
refers to contemporary actors.
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= Collier says: 'This player may have
been an original actor in some of Shakespeare's later dramas, and
he just outlived the complete and final suppression of the stage. '
His death and the date at which it occurred have been matters of
dispute.
His earliest appearance in any list of actors is at the end of
Jonson's _Catiline_, 1611, with the King's Majesty's Servants.
He was probably the youngest member of the company, and
doubtless sustained a female part. Gifford believes that he took
the part of Wittipol in the present play, though this is merely
a conjecture. 'The only female character he is known to have
filled is the lady of Giovanus in _The Second Maiden's Tragedy_,
but at what date is uncertain; neither do we know at what period
he began to represent male characters. ' Of the plays in which
he acted, Collier mentions Beaumont and Fletcher's _Bonduca_,
_Double Marriage_, _Wife for a Month_, and _Wild Goose Chase_
(1621); and Webster's _Duchess of Malfi_, 1622.
His name is found in the patent granted by James I. in 1619 and
in that granted by Charles I. in 1625. Between 1629 and 1647 no
notice of him occurs, and this is the last date at which we hear of
him. 'His name follows that of Lowin in the dedication to the folio
of Beaumont and Fletcher's works, published at that time. '--Collier,
_Memoirs_, p. 268.
Jonson not infrequently refers to contemporary actors. Compare
the _Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy_, _Ep. _ 120; the speech of Venus
in _The Masque of Christmas_, _Wks. _ 7. 263; and the reference
to Field and Burbage in _Bart. Fair_ 5. 3.
=2. 8. 73 send frolicks! = '_Frolics_ are couplets,
commonly of an amatory or satirical nature, written on small
slips of paper, and wrapt round a sweetmeat. A dish of them is
usually placed on the table after supper, and the guests amuse
themselves with sending them to one another, as circumstances
seem to render them appropriate: this is occasionally productive
of much mirth. I do not believe that the game is to be found in
England; though the drawing on Twelfth Night may be thought to
bear some kind of coarse resemblance to it. On the continent I
have frequently been present at it. '--G.
The _NED.
been an original actor in some of Shakespeare's later dramas, and
he just outlived the complete and final suppression of the stage. '
His death and the date at which it occurred have been matters of
dispute.
His earliest appearance in any list of actors is at the end of
Jonson's _Catiline_, 1611, with the King's Majesty's Servants.
He was probably the youngest member of the company, and
doubtless sustained a female part. Gifford believes that he took
the part of Wittipol in the present play, though this is merely
a conjecture. 'The only female character he is known to have
filled is the lady of Giovanus in _The Second Maiden's Tragedy_,
but at what date is uncertain; neither do we know at what period
he began to represent male characters. ' Of the plays in which
he acted, Collier mentions Beaumont and Fletcher's _Bonduca_,
_Double Marriage_, _Wife for a Month_, and _Wild Goose Chase_
(1621); and Webster's _Duchess of Malfi_, 1622.
His name is found in the patent granted by James I. in 1619 and
in that granted by Charles I. in 1625. Between 1629 and 1647 no
notice of him occurs, and this is the last date at which we hear of
him. 'His name follows that of Lowin in the dedication to the folio
of Beaumont and Fletcher's works, published at that time. '--Collier,
_Memoirs_, p. 268.
Jonson not infrequently refers to contemporary actors. Compare
the _Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy_, _Ep. _ 120; the speech of Venus
in _The Masque of Christmas_, _Wks. _ 7. 263; and the reference
to Field and Burbage in _Bart. Fair_ 5. 3.
=2. 8. 73 send frolicks! = '_Frolics_ are couplets,
commonly of an amatory or satirical nature, written on small
slips of paper, and wrapt round a sweetmeat. A dish of them is
usually placed on the table after supper, and the guests amuse
themselves with sending them to one another, as circumstances
seem to render them appropriate: this is occasionally productive
of much mirth. I do not believe that the game is to be found in
England; though the drawing on Twelfth Night may be thought to
bear some kind of coarse resemblance to it. On the continent I
have frequently been present at it. '--G.
The _NED.
