Lawrence Fletcher
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Theatre of Elizabethan London, England
Short Biography of
the life of Lawrence Fletcher - Elizabethan actor
The following biography information
provides basic facts about the life Lawrence Fletcher:
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Nationality - British
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Lifespan - Date of birth
unknown. Died 1608
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Lawrence Fletcher acted for
King James in Scotland before his succession to the English throne
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Acting Troupes: Member of the
Kings Men
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When Robert Armin retired
from the King's Men he was replaced as the company's clown by Lawrence
Fletcher
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Career - Actor specialising
in comedies
The reputation of the early
Elizabethan Actors was not good and any were viewed as no better than
rogues and vagabonds - actors were not trusted. The standing of actors
improved when the purpose-built theatres were introduced and some
Elizabethan actors became the equivalent of today's superstars.
Documented facts
about Lawrence Fleetcher - Elizabethan actor
The following documented facts related to Lawrence Fletcher and his life as
an Elizabethan actor together with details of his relationship with
fellow actors including William Shakespeare.
On 15 March 1604 King James,
Queen Anne, and Prince Henry rode through the City of London in a royal
entry postponed from the previous summer because of the plague. An
account by Sir George Home, who was Master of the Great Wardrobe, lists
the names of "Players" who were each given four yards of red cloth
apiece for the investiture of King James in London. The actors who were
named were "William Shakespeare, Augustine Phillipps, Lawrence Fletcher,
John Hemminges, Richard Burbidge, William Slye, Robert Armyn, Henry
Cundell, and Richard Cowley."
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
were licensed as the King's Men on 19 May 1603. The document lists
"Lawrence Fletcher, William Shakespeare, Richard Burbage, Augustyne
Phillippes, Iohn Heninges, Henrie Condell, William Sly, Robert Armyn,
Richard Cowly" as members of the troupe
The will of Augustine
Phillips who died on 4 May 1605 bequeathed "to my Fellowe William
Shakespeare a thirty shillings peece in gould, To my Fellowe Henry
Condell one other thirty shillinge peece in gould . . . To my Fellowe
Lawrence Fletcher twenty shillings in gould, To my Fellowe Robert Armyne
twenty shillings in gould . . . ." All of the men who Phillips calls his
"fellows" were actors in the King's Men.
Lawrence Fletcher
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