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Identifier: shakespeareplaye00carg (find matches)
Title: Shakespeare the player, and other papers illustrative of Shakespeare's individuality
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Cargill, Alexander
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Publisher: London : Constable and company ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nected with the company to which he belonged, and theimportant position he had by this time acquired in it. BenJonson, hitherto (1592) almost unknown as an author,had submitted to Shakespeares company a new comedyhe had written, with a view to its production. Accord-ing to the testimony of Rowe, the comedy, which was thefamous Every Man in His Humour, was about to sufferrejection, when Shakespeare interposed, having probablyhad a reading of the manuscript, and used his influence inits favour. Very likely Henslowe was the chief objectorto the purchase of the comedy, in which, perhaps, he didnot see the same elements of success which characterised theapproved work of Shakespeare. Be that as it may, not onlydid Shakespeare succeed in getting the new play acceptedand produced, but he undertook himself one of the leadingparts in it. The original cast of Every Man in His Humourwas as follows, the names of the players being spelt asgiven by Ben Jonson in Giffords edition of his works (1816):
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■■ SHAKESPEARE THE PLAYER 21 Knowell . Brainworm 4 Cap. Bobadill Master Stephen Kitely Downe-right Just. Clement Master Matthew Dame Kitely Tib . Will. Shakespeare.Aug. Phillipps.Hen. Condell.Will. Kempt.Ric. Burbadge.Joh. Hemings.Tho. Pope.Will. Slye.Chr. Beeston.Joh. Duke. How the play was received on its first production,1 and—what interests us most to know at present—how the partof Knowell was acted by Shakespeare, there is no need totell. It is also known that Shakespeare played in anotherof Ben Jonsons plays, Sejanus. Whether this was under-taken in fulfilment of mere professional engagements, or outof personal compliment to his friend, the author of the play,there is not a scrap of proof to show. Of the numerous fellow-players and dramatists who weremore or less intimately associated with Shakespeare, andwhose names will never be forgotten because of that good-fortune, very few were men of so outstanding parts as towarrant their being designated as personally famous and

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