Nathan Field
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the life of Nathan Field - Elizabethan actor
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provides basic facts about the life Nathan Field:
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Nationality - English
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AKA - Nat or Nathaniel
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Lifespan - Nathan Field
(1587 - 1619)
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Family - his father was the
Puritan preacher John Field
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Acting Troupes: Member of the
Children of the Queen's Revels and the King's Men
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Career - Actor and writer
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Famous for : He was named as one of the 26 actors who performed in the plays which were listed in
William Shakespeare's First Folio which was published in 1623
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.
Facts & History
about the life of Nathan Field - Elizabethan Actor
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about the life and history of Nathan Field:
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Born in London and
baptized October 17, 1587
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His father was the
Puritan preacher John Field
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His brother became the
Bishop of Llandaff
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Attended St. Paul's
School, London
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In 1600 he became a
member of the Children of the Queen's Revels
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This company disbanded
in 1608
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Richard Burbage brought
the company together as a syndicate of players to run the
Blackfriars playhouse
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In 1609 the King’s Men
took it over and Nathan Field became a member of the King's Men
acting troupe
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He was rumoured to have fathered a child by
the Countess of Argyll. In 1619 pamphlet circulated stating that the
Earl of Argyll had paid "for the nourseing of a childe which the
worlde says is a daughter to my lady and N. Feild the Player."
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He wrote A Woman's a
Weathercock (1612) and the Fatal Dowry (published 1632)
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He died in 1619
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He was named as one of
the leading actors who performed in the plays which were listed in
William Shakespeare's First Folio
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The First Folio
was published in 1623 and contained approximately 900 pages
containing 36 of the plays by William Shakespeare. It was entitled
"Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies"
Nathan Field
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