4.3 Richard Burbage (?1567-1619)
Richard Burbage was the premier actor of Shakespeare's company and initiated most of his great roles, which were probably designed to suit his talents. The original of this portrait is now in the Dulwich Museum. The main actors in his plays as listed on an early page in Shakespeare's First Folio:
..............William Shakespeare
..............Richard Burbadge (Burbage)
..............John Hemings (Heminges)
..............Augustine Phillips
..............William Kempt (Will Kempe)
..............Thomas Poope (Pope)
..............George Bryan
..............Henry Condell
..............William Slye
..............Richard Cowly
..............John Lowine
..............Samuell Crosse
..............Alexander Cooke
..............Samuel Gilburne
..............Robert Armin
..............William Ostler
..............Nathan Field
..............John Underwood
..............Nicholas Tooley
..............William Ecclestone
..............Joseph Taylor
..............Robert Benfield
..............Robert Gouge
..............Richard Robinson
..............John Schanke
..............John Rice
