...obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made bia first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first,...

...business and family, iu Warwickshire, and shelter himself in London. Upon this accident, he made bis first acquaintance in the play-house. He was received...then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor,...

...day, a native of Stratford, and, probably, a relative of Shakspeare. We are informed by Howe, ' that he was received into the company then in being, at first, in a very mean rank.' It has been related that his first office was that of call-boy, or attendant on the prompter, and that...

...his arrival in London, which was probably in the year 1586, when he was only twenty-two years old, and a soldier, to which idleness or taste may have directed him, and where his necessities, if tradition may be credited,...

...metropolis. Mr. Rowe, recording the consequences of the prosecution in Warwickshire, observes, — there are probably not ten complete copies left in...One of these is, however, now before me, included i lie was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank." From this passage wo...

...amply and utterly disproved by Stevens, that it remains an impossible anecdote. Then Howe states, " he was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ;" and Malone mentions that there was a stage tradition of his first office having been that -of prompter's...

...day, a native of Stratford, and, probably, a relative of Shakspeare. We are informed by Rowe, ' that he was received into the company then in being, at first, in a very mean rank." It has been related that his first office was that of call-boy, or attendant on the prompter, and that...

...the conséquences of the prosecution in Warwickshire, observes, — "It is at this time, and n|K>n this accident, that he is said to have made his first...company then in being, at first in a very mean rank." From this passage we may in the first place infer, that Shakspeare, immediately "n his arrival in town,...

...the consequences of the prosecution in Warwickshire, observes, — "It is at this time, and "pnn thjg accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the ¡'la\-house. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very »lean rank." Ь rom...

...day, a native of Stratford, and, probably, a relative of Shakspeare. We are informed by Rowe, ' that he was received into the company then in being, at first, in a very mean rank.' It has been related that his first office was that of call-boy, or attendant on the prompter, and that...