Nicholas Tooley
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the life of Nicholas Tooley - Elizabethan actor
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provides basic facts about the life Nicholas Tooley:
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Lifespan - 1582 - 1623
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Born in Antwerp
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Family - He was the son of a
wealthy merchant and seaman
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On the death of his parents
he was taken into the care of Cuthbert Burbage and became involved with
the Elizabethan theatre
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Acting Troupes: Member of the
Chamberlain's Men and the King's men
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Career - Actor. Nicholas
Tooley is believed to have initially specialized in female roles
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The actor and co-owner of
the Globe Theatre Augustine Phillips bequeathed twenty shillings in his
will to Alexander Cooke a piece to others he also calls his fellows:
Lawrence Fletcher, Robert Armin, Richard Cowley, Alexander Cooke and
Nicholas Tooley
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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
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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"
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.
The Chamberlain's Men Acting Troupe
The Chamberlain's Men, of which Nicholas Tooley was a member, were the most
important company of players in Elizabethan England and led by the
Burbage family and William Shakespeare. Initially known as known as Hunsdon's Men, whose patron was Henry Carey the first Lord Hunsdon.
Hunsdon then took office as the Lord Chamberlain. The Chamberlain's Men
were taken under the royal patronage of James I in March 1603 and were
then known as the King's Men. The main rivals of the Chamberlain's Men
were the Admiral's Men Acting Troupe
led by Edward Alleyn and Phillip Henslowe.
Nicholas Tooley
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