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The Fair Maid Of The West
''The Fair Maid of the West, or a Girl Worth Gold, Parts 1 and 2'' is a work of English Renaissance drama, a two-part play written by Thomas Heywood that was first published in 1631. Date The dates of authorship of the two parts of ''The Fair Maid of the West'' are not known with certainty. ''Part 1'' involves historical events of 1596 and 1597, and refers to Queen Elizabeth I in terms suggesting she was still alive at the time of its authorship; scholars therefore date ''Part 1'' to the 1597–1603 period. Significant differences in tone between the two parts suggest that they were written separately, perhaps widely separately, in time: "What slight evidence there is...indicates that Heywood wrote Part II some twenty-five or thirty years after Part I." Publication The drama was entered into the Stationers' Register on 16 June 1631; later that year, both parts were published together, in a quarto by the bookseller Richard Royston. The volume may have been typeset in the shop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journal Of American Folklore
The ''Journal of American Folklore'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Folklore Society. The journal has been published since the society's founding in 1888. Since 2003, this has been published at the University of Illinois Press. It publishes on a quarterly schedule and incorporates scholarly articles, essays, and notes relating to its field. It also includes reviews of books, exhibitions and events. Editors The following people have been editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ... of the journal:''Journal of American Folklore'', Centennial Index, Vol. 101, No. 402, pp.20–49 References External links * Quarterly journals Publications established in 1888 English-language journals University of Illinois Press aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sumner (17th-century Actor)
John Sumner (died May 1649) was an English theatre actor during the Caroline era (1625–1642). Career He was a long-time member of the Queen Henrietta's Men, one of the prime playing companies or acting troupes of the time and named for Henrietta Maria of France, the queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. The existing evidence suggests that Sumner played with the company throughout its existence, from 1625 to 1642. Sumner was cast in all five of the company's productions for which casting information exists. He played these roles: * Mustapha in Philip Massinger's '' The Renegado'' * Marwood in James Shirley's '' The Wedding'' * Himulco in Thomas Nabbes's '' Hannibal and Scipio'' * Young Bruce in Robert Davenport's '' King John and Matilda'' * the Duke of Florence in Thomas Heywood's ''The Fair Maid of the West, Part 2''. He probably also played in the company's production of John Ford's '' Love's Sacrifice'' as well. Ford, John; e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophilus Bird
Theophilus Bird, or Bourne, (1608 – 1663) was a seventeenth-century English actor. Bird began his stage career in the Stuart era of English Renaissance theatre, and ended it in the Restoration period; he was one of the relatively few actors who managed to resume their careers after the eighteen-year enforced hiatus (1642–60) when the theatres were closed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Beginnings Theophilus was the son of William Bird, an actor long associated with the theatrical enterprise of Philip Henslowe and active in the years 1597–1622. Theophilus was baptized on 7 December 1608. Both father William and son Theophilus alternatively spelled their family name as Bird or Bourne. The extensive Henslowe papers in the collection of Dulwich College contain many mentions of the elder Bird and members of his family. The younger Bird started out as a boy player acting female roles, as was customary at the time; he played Paulina in Massinger' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Turner (actor)
Anthony Turner (fl. 1622 – 1659) was a noted English actor in the Caroline era. For most of his career he worked with Queen Henrietta's Men, one of the leading theatre companies of the time. Nothing is known of Turner's early life or the start of his career; by 1622 he was already a leading player with the Lady Elizabeth's Men. In 1625, Christopher Beeston formed a new company under the patronage of the new queen, Henrietta Maria; some members of the Lady Elizabeth's troupe, including Turner, joined the organization. Turner was a consistent presence in the known casts of the Queen Henrietta's company; he played — * Justice Landby in Shirley's '' The Wedding'' * Old Lord Bruce in Davenport's '' King John and Matilda'' * Bashaw Alcade in Part 2 of Heywood's '' The Fair Maid of the West'' * Crates and two other minor parts in Nabbes's '' Hannibal and Scipio''. Turner tended to play older men, like Justice Landby and Old Lord Bruce; yet he also took the role of a kit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Robbins (actor)
William Robbins (died October 1645), also Robins, Robinson, or Robson, was a prominent comic actor in the Jacobean and Caroline eras. During the English Civil War he was a captain in the Royalist army and was killed during the siege of Basing House. Biography Robbins career began by 1617, when he was with Queen Anne's Men; he remained with that company for the remainder of its existence. In 1625 Robbins joined the newly formed Queen Henrietta's Men, and worked with that company until 1636. His role as Rawbone in their production of James Shirley's '' The Wedding'' shows that he was a thin-man clown, what his own era called a "lean fool," like John Sinklo or John Shank. Robbins also played Carazie the eunuch in Philip Massinger's '' The Renegado'', Clem in Thomas Heywood's '' The Fair Maid of the West'', and the title character, the "changeling" Antonio, in Middleton and Rowley's '' The Changeling''. The Queen Henrietta's company was disrupted by a long theatre closur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen (actor)
William Allen (died 1647) was a well-known American actor of the Caroline era, a period of time by the kingdom of King Charles I and the flourishing of the English theatre. He was very famous because of his contribution to important companies at that time, Queen Henrietta's Men and the King's Men, During the cultural and political turbulence Allen played a significant role in American stages. Allen’s career spanned the height of England's theatrical Golden Age, the period during which William Shakespeare’s plays were still performed, and the works of later dramatists like James Shirley and Philip Massinger were also gaining prominence. Early Career and Membership in Queen Henrietta's Men Allen was a member of Queen Henrietta's Men, a successful film company started in 1625 by the Queen, wife of King Charles I. The company became successful professionally when the American acting theater was started. When the company's film was getting famous in 1636 Allen played successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Perkins (17th-century Actor)
Richard Perkins (c. 1579/c. 1585–1650) was a prominent early seventeenth-century actor, most famous for his performance in the role of Barabas in Christopher Marlowe's ''The Jew of Malta''. At the peak of his career in the 1630s, many contemporaries judged Perkins to be the premier tragedian of his generation. Early life Nothing is known about the early life of Perkins, and the year of his birth has been estimated at 1579 or 1585. His professional career had begun by 1602, when he was a member of Worcester's Men; he remained with that company throughout its next incarnation as Queen Anne's Men, 1603–1619. With the death of Anne of Denmark in 1619, the troupe lost its name and patron, but continued in its theatre, and was known as the Red Bull company or the Revels company. After a relatively brief stint with the King's Men, 1623–1625, Perkins became a founding member of the new Queen Henrietta's Men in 1625. Perkins remained with that company until the theatres were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bowyer
Michael Bowyer (1599–1645) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre in the Jacobean and Caroline eras. He spent most of his maturity with Queen Henrietta's Men, but finished his career with the King's Men. With the former company, he was one of "those of principal note," according to James Wright's ''Historia Histrionica'' ( 1699), one of the troupe's "eminent actors." Bowyer, the son of a John Bowyer, was christened on 20 September 1599 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He played a series of important roles through his career, including: * Beaufort in James Shirley's '' The Wedding''; * King John in Robert Davenport's '' King John and Matilda''; * Vitelli in Philip Massinger's '' The Renegado''; * Mr. Spencer in Thomas Heywood's ''The Fair Maid of the West''; * Scipio in Thomas Nabbes's '' Hannibal and Scipio''. Robert Davenport dedicated his poem ''Too Late to Call Back Yesterday'' to Bowyer and Richard Robinson. The Queen's Men were disrupted by a long theatre closu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Clark (actor)
Hugh Clark (died 1653) was a prominent English actor of the Caroline era. He worked in both of the main theatre companies of his time, Queen Henrietta's Men and the King's Men. Clark was with Queen Henrietta's Men during the first and most significant phase of their existence, from 1625 to 1636. Like some other actors of English Renaissance theatre, Clark began as a boy player filling female roles. He played Gratiana in Shirley's '' The Wedding'' in 1626, and Bess Bridges in both parts of Heywood's ''The Fair Maid of the West'' in 1630–31. Not long after that time, though, Clark switched to adult male roles. He played Syphax and Nuntius in Nabbes's '' Hannibal and Scipio'' (1635), and Hubert in Davenport's '' King John and Matilda''. The Queen Henrietta's company was disrupted and fractured by the bubonic plague epidemic of 1636–37. Clark, like some other members of the troupe, disappears from the available records in 1637 and 1638; he may have been one of sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding (1629 Play)
''The Wedding'' is a Literature in English#Caroline and Cromwellian literature, Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by James Shirley. Published in 1629 in literature, 1629, it was the first of Shirley's plays to appear in print. An early comedy of manners, it is set in the fashionable world of genteel London society in Shirley's day. The play is thought to date from c. 1626. It was published in book size, quarto in 1629, printed by Nicholas Okes for the bookseller John Grove. This first edition contained commendatory verses, including one by John Ford (dramatist), John Ford; the play was dedicated to William Gowre, Esq., a personal friend of the author. A second quarto was published in 1632 in literature, 1632; the title page of Q2 states that the play was "lately acted" by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre (also called the Phoenix) in Drury Lane. ''The Wedding'' was included among eight of Shirley's plays that were published in one volume in 1640. Another individ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Renegado
''The Renegado, or The Gentleman of Venice'' is a late Jacobean stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger and first published in 1630. The play has attracted critical attention for its treatment of cultural conflict between Christian Europe and Muslim North Africa. Massinger based the plot of his play on a novel by Miguel de Cervantes titled ''Los Baños de Argel,'' which had been printed in 1615. Performance and publication ''The Renegado'' was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 17 April 1624. It was acted at the Cockpit Theatre by the Lady Elizabeth's Men; when that troupe was merged or re-organized into Queen Henrietta's Men in the following year, 1625, the play remained in their repertory. The 1630 quarto was printed by Augustine Matthews for the bookseller John Waterson; it bears commendatory verses, including one by James Shirley. Massinger dedicated his drama to George Harding, 8th Baron Berkeley, a prominent literar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
