Queen Anne's Men

NOTE: The roles listed for any given actor do not necessarily coincide with roles that actor played while associated with this company. The listed roles reflect the complete extant corpus of that actor's career. Neither does the list necessarily suggest a chronology of performance. Though the listings are accurate, the scholar is nevertheless cautioned to research further.

From Gurr, Andrew The Shakespearian Playing Companies, Oxford UP, 1996.

Listed alphabetically

Barfield, Roger
(fl. 1606-26). Actor (Queene Anne's 1606), trumpeter. [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 28 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 356 [full citation] ]

Basse, Thomas
(circa1587-1634). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1611-13, Queen Anne's 1617-19; Queen Henrietta's?; Red Bull Revels, 1622), sharer (Children of the Revels 1622). [ES ii, 301 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 31 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 360 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 58, 65-6 (1954) [full citation] ; Wills, 178 (1993) [full citation] ]

principal actor, HONEST MAN'S FORTUNE;

Baxter, Richard
(I) (b.circa 1593). Actor (Queen Anne's circa1606-24, King's 1628-37). (Father of Richard Baxter (II)) [Nungezer, 26, 32 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 360 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation] ; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 21 (1965) [full citation] ]

acted in LOVE'S MELANCHOLY, MAD LOVER; Titus, Officer, and Servant, BELIEVE AS YOU LIST;

Beeston, Christopher
(circa1580-1638) (alias Hutchinson). Actor ([?]Strange's; Chamberlain's 1598; Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1602-19; Prince Charles' (I) 1619-22; Lady Elizabeth's 1622-25; Queen Henrietta's 1625-37), sharer, entrepreneur. (Husband of Elizabeth Beeston; father of William Beeston; brother-in-law of James Sands (?); father-in-law of Theophilus Bird) [ES ii, 302 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 36 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 363; iii, 17 [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Notes', 26 (1942) [full citation] ; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation] ; Freehafer, 'Brome, Suckling' (1968) [full citation] ; Haaker, 'Plague', 294 (1968) [full citation] ; Bawcutt, 'Craven Ord Transcripts', 91 (1984) [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Actors I', 39, 42 (1991) [full citation] ; Wills, 191 (1993) [full citation] ]

[?]Soldier "Envy", [?]Captain "Sloth," 2 SEVEN DEADLY SINS; principal actor, EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR;

Beeston, Robert
(fl. 1603-1617). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-17). [ES ii, 303 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 370 [full citation] ; Nungezer, 38 [full citation] ; Eccles, 'Actors I', 40 (1991) [full citation] ]

Blaney, John
(fl. 1609-1623). Actor (Queen's Revels; Queen Anne's 1616-19; Children of the Revels 1622; Queen Henrietta's 1625). [ES ii, 303 [full citation]; Nungezer, 50 [full citation]; JCS ii, 382 [full citation]]

actor, EPICOENE; Asambeg, RENEGADO;

Browne, William (III)
(1602-1634). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616, Prince Charles' (II) 1631-2). (Son of Robert Browne (III) and Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; stepson of Thomas Greene and James Baskerville; brother-in-law of Thomas Bond) [Nungezer, 63 [full citation]; JCS ii, 391 [full citation]; Limon, 'Alleged Catholicism' (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 179 (1993) [full citation]]

Philautus, HOLLAND'S LEAGUER;

Clay, Nathaniel
(fl. 1615-30). Actor. [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 92 [full citation]; JCS ii, 408 [full citation]; Wills, 100-1 [full citation]]

Cumber, John
(d.1623). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616-23; died 16 June), playwright(?). [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 108 [full citation]; JCS ii, 417; iii, 186 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]]

Drewe, Thomas
(circa1586-1623<) (Drue, Drew). Actor (Queen Anne's 1613-18); playwright. [ES ii, 313 [full citation]; Nungezer, 121 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]; McManaway, 'Latin Title-Page Mottoes', 34 (1945) [full citation]; JCS ii, 427; iii, 280 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]; Schoenbaum, Bloody Banquet (1962) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 46 (1991) [full citation]]

Duke, John
(d.1613). Actor (Strange's circa1590; Chamberlain's 1598; Worcester's 1602-3; Queen Anne's 1604-09. [ES ii, 314 [full citation]; Nungezer, 121 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 45 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 428 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors I', 47 (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 230 (1993) [full citation]]

Pursuivant "Induction," Soldier "Envy," Will Fool "Sloth," Lord "Lechery," 2 SEVEN DEADLY SINS; actor, EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR;

Edmonds, John
(fl. 1604-1619?). Actor (King's?, Queen Anne's 1618-19), sharer. [ES ii, 315 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 128 [full citation]; JCS ii, 431 [full citation]]

Garret, John
(fl. 1619). Actor (Queen Anne's). [ES ii, 318 [full citation]; Nungezer, 148 [full citation]]

Greene, Thomas
(circa1573-1612). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-12), sharer. (Husband of Susan Browne Greene Baskerville; stepfather of William Browne (III)) [ES ii, 320 [full citation]; Nungezer, 161 [full citation]; JCS ii, 451 [full citation]; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 147n1, 164-6 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II' (1991) [full citation]; Wills, 90 (1993) [full citation]]

Bubble, THE CITY GALLANT (Eponymously renamed GREENE'S TU QUOQUE);

[?]Harrison, Richard
(fl. 1617-22). Actor(?) (Queen Anne's). [Nungezer, 175 [full citation]; JCS ii, 462 [full citation]]

Heywood, Thomas
(circa1573-1641). Playwright, actor (Admiral's 1598; Derby's 1599; Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1600-19), sharer. [ES iii, 338 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 190 [full citation]; JCS ii, 472; iv, 553 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 27 (1942) [full citation]; McManaway, 'Latin Title-Page Mottoes', 33-4 (1945) [full citation]; Holaday, 'Thomas Heywood and the Puritans' (1950) [full citation]; Holaday, 'Heywood and the Low Countries' (1951) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 58-9 (1954) [full citation]; Grivelet, Thomas Heywood (1959) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'Seven Champions', 94 (1969) [full citation]; Nethercot, Elizabethan Plays, 801 (1971) [full citation]; Eccles, Authors, 66 (1982) [full citation]; Baines, Thomas Heywood (1984) [full citation]; Bergeron, Thomas Heywood's Pageants (1986) [full citation]; DLB 62: 101 (1987) [full citation]; Young, 'Thomas Heywood's Pageants' (1988) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 459 (1991) [full citation]]

Holt, James
(fl. 1604-19). Actor (Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1602-19). [ES ii, 324 [full citation]; Nungezer, 195 [full citation]; JCS ii, 475 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors II', 459 (1992) [full citation]]

King, John
(circa1575-1623<). Actor (Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1593-1623). [JCS ii, 492 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]]

Lee, Robert
(circa1569-1629) (Leigh). Actor (Strange's circa1590?; ?Worcester's; Queen Anne's-Revels 1604-12, 1618), sharer, playwright(?). [ES ii, 328; iii, 407 [full citation]; Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 102 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 235 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 47 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 496 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 296 (1992) [full citation]; Wills, 162 (1993) [full citation]]
Attendant, DEAD MAN'S FORTUNE;

Long, Nicholas
(d.1622; fl. 1612-15). Actor, manager. [ES ii, 328 [full citation]; Nungezer, 237 [full citation]; JCS ii, 498 [full citation]; Wills, 100, 232 (1993) [full citation]]

Pallant, Robert (I)
(circa1570s?—1619, buried 4 September, St. Savior's, Southwark). Actor (Strange's 1592; Worcester's-Queen Anne's 1602-13; Lady Elizabeth's 1614; Prince Charles' (I) 1616; Queen Anne's 1619. (Father of Robert Pallant (II)) [ES ii, 331 [full citation]; Bentley, 'Shakespeare's Fellows' (1928) [full citation]; Nungezer, 263 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 48 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 518 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 299 (1992) [full citation]]

Warder "Induction," Attendant, Soldier, Dardan "Envy," Nicanor "Sloth," ?Julio "Lechery," 2 SEVEN DEADLY SINS;

Perkins, Richard
(circa1579-1650). Actor (Worcester's-Queen Anne's-Revels 1602-22; King's 1623-25; Queen Henrietta's 1626-41). [ES ii, 332 [full citation]; Nungezer, 274 [full citation]; JCS ii, 525 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company' (1954) [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

?Brachiano, WHITE DEVIL (in which Webster singled him out for praise); Sir John Belfare, WEDDING; Fitzwater, KING JOHN AND MATILDA; Captain Goodlack, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Hanno, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO; Barabas, JEW OF MALTA (revival at Cockpit, for which Thomas Heywood opined that he was not as good as Edward Alleyn);

Pulham, George
(1579-1611). Actor, sharer (Queen Anne's 1611). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 289 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Wills, 84 (1993) [full citation]]

Reade, Emanuel
(1592-1620<). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1613; Queen Anne's 1613-17). [ES ii, 335 [full citation]; Nungezer, 290 [full citation]; JCS ii, 539 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 301 (1992) [full citation]]

principal actor, COXCOMB; HONEST MAN'S FORTUNE;

Reynolds, Robert
(d.circa 1641). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616-17; Germany 1616-40). (Son-in-law of Robert Browne (II) and Cicely Sands Browne Robbins; brother-in-law of Robert Browne (IV)) [ES ii, 336 [full citation]; Nungezer, 295 [full citation]; JCS ii, 543 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 28 (1942) [full citation]; Riewald, 'Actors and Musicians', 35 (1959) [full citation]; Riewald, 'New Light', 83-4 (1960) [full citation]; Limon, 'New Evidence' (1981) [full citation]; Schrickx, 'Pickleherring', 137ff. (1983) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 302 (1992) [full citation]]

Nobody, NOBODY AND SOMEBODY (in Germany);

Robbins, William
(d.1645) (Robins, Robinson, Robson). Actor (Queen Anne's-Revels 1616-22; Queen Henrietta's 1625-34; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1640). (Husband of Cicely Sands Browne Robbins) [ES ii, 336 [full citation]; Nungezer, 298 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation]; JCS ii, 547 [full citation]]

Rawbone, WEDDING; Clem, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Carazie, RENEGADO; actor, CHANGELING (anecdote from A Key to the Cabinet of the Parliament (1648);

Sanderson, Gregory
(fl. 1617-19). Actor (Queen Anne's 1617-19). [ES ii, 337 [full citation]; Nungezer, 310 [full citation]; JCS ii, 559 [full citation]]

Slater, Martin
(circa1560-1625) (Slathier, Slator, Slaughter, Slauter). Actor (Admiral's 1594-7; Scotland 1599; Hertford's 1603; Queen Anne's-Revels 1608-25), manager (King's Revels 1608). [ES ii, 340 [full citation]; Nungezer, 329 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 64 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 574 [full citation]; Bentley, Profession of Player (1984), 147n1, 165 [full citation]; Ingram, 'Playhouse as Investment', 212 (1985) [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors IV', 169 (1993) [full citation]]

Theodore, FREDERICK AND BASILEA;

Swinnerton, Thomas
(fl. 1604-28) (Swetherton, Swynerton). Actor (Queen Anne's 1604-19; provincial 1619-28); sharer; co-builder of Red Bull playhouse. [ES ii, 341 [full citation]; Nungezer, 344 [full citation]; JCS ii, 588 [full citation]]

Walpole, Francis
(circa1585-1625). Actor (Queen Anne's 1616-17), sharer. [ES ii, 348 [full citation]; Nungezer, 387 [full citation]; JCS ii, 613 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 29 (1942) [full citation]]

Worth, Ellis
(circa1587-1659) (Woorth, Wroth). Actor (Queen Anne's-Revels 1612-23; Prince Charles' (II) 1631-38). [ES ii, 350 [full citation]; Nungezer, 401 [full citation]; JCS ii, 625 [full citation]; Sisson, 'Notes', 29 (1942) [full citation]; Sisson, 'Red Bull Company', 59, 67 (1954) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Prince Charles's Company' (1978) [full citation]; Cerasano, 'Players' Wills', 303 (1985) [full citation]; Wills, 210 (1993) [full citation]]

Lord, POOR MAN'S COMFORT; ?actor, KEEP THE WIDOW WAKING; Ardelio, HOLLAND'S LEAGUER;