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Henry Condell (bapt. 5 September 1576 – December 1627) was a British actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. With John Heminges, he was instrumental in preparing and editing the First Folio, the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623.
Henry Condell (died December 1627, London, Eng.) was an English actor who was one of the chief movers in sponsoring and preparing the First Folio of 1623, the first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays.
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Henry Condell (died December 1627) was an actor in the King's Men, the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. With John Heminges, he was instrumental in preparing the First Folio, the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623.
Listen to an imagined account from a principal actor in the King's Men and compiler and editor of Shakespeare's First Folio.
Shakespeare left Richard Burbage (1567-1619), John Heminges (1566-1630) and Henry Condell (1576-1627) twenty-six shillings and eight pence each (one mark) to buy mourning rings. They were colleagues and friends, and in the will Shakespeare refers to them as ‘my fellows’.
Nov 21, 2017 · In the early 1620s, a couple of aging actors named Henry Condell and John Heminges set about the task of publishing, in a single, bound volume, all of the plays of their late and beloved pal...
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Henry Condell. Actor and co-editor. Year of Birth: 1568. Year of Death: 1627. Place of Birth: Norfolk, United Kingdom. Acting Troupes: Chamberlain's Men and The Kings Men. Career: Actor. Claim to Fame: Condell was the co-editor of Shakespeare's first plays and the first folio.
