• James Burbage (c. 1531 – 2 February 1597) was an English actor, theatre impresario, joiner, and theatre builder in the English Renaissance theatre. He...
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    Cuthbert Burbage. They were both actors in drama. Burbage was a business associate and friend to William Shakespeare. He was the son of James Burbage, a joiner...
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    Cuthbert Burbage (1565 – 15 September 1636) was an English theatrical figure, son of James Burbage, builder of the Theatre in Shoreditch and elder brother...
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    productions in England, and its first successful one. Actor-manager James Burbage built it near the family home in Holywell Street. The Theatre's history...
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  • for which William Shakespeare wrote during most of his career. Richard Burbage played most of the lead roles, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and...
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  • English stage actor and brother of Richard Burbage Jake Burbage (born 1992), American actor and writer James Burbage (c. 1531–1597), English actor and stage...
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    the purchase of the upper part of the priory and another building by James Burbage in 1596, which included the Parliament Chamber on the upper floor that...
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    easer to James Burbage, proprietor of the Theatre. Thereby, he assumes that Lanman's business, the Curtain, must have been doing as well as Burbage's business...
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    2015 Childhood's End Wainwright Episode: "The Overlords" 2017 Will James Burbage 10 episodes 2020 Gangs of London Finn Wallace 5 episodes The Singapore...
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    playhouse, known as The Theatre, was constructed in 1576 in Shoreditch by James Burbage. It was soon joined by The Curtain. Both are known to have been used...
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    rural Surrey. The Theatre was constructed in Shoreditch in 1576 by James Burbage with his brother-in-law John Brayne (the owner of the unsuccessful Red...
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    Theatre, which had been built by Richard Burbage's father, James Burbage, in Shoreditch in 1576. The Burbages originally had a 21-year lease of the site...
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  • with the Admiral's Men after that company split with The Theatre's James Burbage over the division of receipts. Edward Alleyn, the Admiral's' lead actor...
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    suburbs, beyond its jurisdiction. The first of these came in 1576, when James Burbage built the first playhouse in England, known as "The Theatre", on the...
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  • built the Red Lion playhouse, and financed, with his brother-in-law, James Burbage, the building of the Theatre in Shoreditch, in which he was to have...
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  • owned by James Burbage. In doing so, he befriends the rest of the company, pushes out the previous playwright and falls in love with Burbage's daughter...
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    profession from the Elizabethan period are buried in the church, including: James Burbage, the founder of The Theatre, England's first playhouse. His son Richard...
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  • song "Now Is the Month of Maying" is first published. 1596 February – James Burbage buys the disused Blackfriars Theatre in London, but is prevented from...
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  • letter to Leicester from his actors, dated 3 January 1572 and written by James Burbage for the company, requests that the actors be appointed not merely the...
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  • the literary events and publications in 1591. May – A dispute with James Burbage impels the Admiral's Men to leave The Theatre and move to Philip Henslowe's...
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  • presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1576. December – James Burbage opens The Theatre, the second permanent public playhouse in London (and...
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    was demolished at the Reformation, but the name persisted – in 1596 James Burbage, the manager of Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's...
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  • collaboration between Brayne and his brother-in-law, the actor-manager James Burbage (husband of Ellen Brayne), at Shoreditch, known as The Theatre. The...
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    earliest permanent professional playhouses in Britain, starting with James Burbage's The Theatre in 1576 and continuing through the Curtain (1577), the...
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    statesman (b. 1540) Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530) February 2 – James Burbage, English actor February 5 Francisco Blanco, Spanish Franciscan and Roman...
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    the Admiral's Men, performing at The Theatre (owned by James Burbage, father of Richard Burbage). During this period, Ferdinando remained circumspect about...
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  • work he had started for the Burbages; as members of the King's Men, under the patronage of King James himself, the Burbages were now able to outface any...
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  • didn't survive at all. The explosion of popular drama that began when James Burbage built the first fixed and permanent venue for drama, The Theatre, in...
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  • Devereux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella. 1576 December – James Burbage builds The Theatre, London's first permanent public playhouse. This...
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  • edition of The Faerie Queene is published in six books. February – James Burbage buys the disused Blackfriars Theatre from Sir William More for £600...
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