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Burbage   /bˈərbɪdʒ/   Listen
Burbage

noun
1.
English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619).  Synonym: Richard Burbage.





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"Burbage" Quotes from Famous Books



... journey to his tailor for a plum-colored suit, you may be sure that Timbs tagged him at the elbow. If Sam Johnson sat at the Mitre or Marlowe caroused in Deptford, Timbs was of the company. There has scarcely been a play acted in London since the days of Burbage ...
— Chimney-Pot Papers • Charles S. Brooks
... last past you purchased of Richard Burbage four shares of the stock of the Globe Theatre for L100, and inasmuch as you had not available the whole means to pay therefor, borrowed from me the L60 wanting, paying yourself L40 of such purchase price, and giving ...
— Shakespeare's Insomnia, And the Causes Thereof • Franklin H. Head


Words linked to "Burbage" :   Richard Burbage, role player, actor, histrion, thespian, player


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