Queen Henrietta'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.

Henrietta's Men performed from 1626 until the closing of theatres in 1642. For more information, see Gurr, Andrew The Shakespearian Playing Companies, Oxford UP, 1996.

Listed alphabetically

Allen, William
(d.1647; fl. 1625-47). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-36; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1637-47). [Nungezer, 3 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 344 [full citation] ; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation] ]

Axen, Robert
(fl. 1622-39) (Axall, Axell, Axon). Actor (Queen Henrietta's circa1630-35; Beeston's Boys 1639). [Nungezer, 25 [full citation] ; JCS ii, 353 [full citation] ]

English Merchant, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Duke of Mantua, 2 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Bomilcar, Gisgon, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO; *Axen possibly misidentified as one "Jackson" (fl. >1634, probably c. 1629). Actor. [Nungezer, 202 [full citation]; JCS ii, 482 [full citation]]

Chester, KING JOHN AND MATILDA;

[?]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;

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;

Berry, Anthony
(fl. 1635). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1635). [Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation] ]

Bird, Theophilus
(1608-63) (alias Bourne). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-35; King's 1638-47; Restoration). (Son of William Bird; son-in-law of Christopher Beeston) [Nungezer, 46 [full citation]; JCS ii, 377 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater', 158 (1942) [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 12 (1965) [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; Streett, 'Durability' (1973) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Wills, 211 (1993) [full citation]]

Paulina, RENEGADO; Toota, 2 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Massanissa, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO; actor, WITCH OF EDMONTON; LADY'S TRIAL;

Bowyer, Michael
(circa1595?-1645). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-35; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1639-42). [Denkinger, 'St. Botolph Aldgate', 98 (1926) [full citation]; Nungezer, 53 [full citation]; JCS ii, 385 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation]; Wills, 100-1, 203 (1993) [full citation]]

Beaufod, WEDDING; King John, KING JOHN AND MATILDA; Mr Spencer, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Vitelli, RENEGADO; Scipio, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO;

Cartwright, William (I)
(fl. 1598-1636—a William Cartwright was buried at St. Giles's, Cripplegate in 1650). Actor (Admiral's-Prince Henry's-Palsgrave's 1598-1624; King and Queen of Bohemia's; Red Bull-King's; King's Revels; Queen Henrietta's 1635). (Father of William Cartwright (II)) [ES ii, 310 [full citation]; Nungezer, 86 [full citation]; Greg, Dramatic Documents i, 53 (1931) [full citation]; JCS ii, 402 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

actor, FORTUNE'S TENNIS; Moor, Pisano, BATTLE OF ALCAZAR; Nobleman, Attendant, Hostage, Captain, and Bohar, 1 TAMAR CAM; Claudius, MESSALLINA;

Cartwright, William (II)
(circa1606-86). Actor (Norwich 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40; after Restoration). (Son of William Cartwright (I)) [Nungezer, 87 [full citation]; JCS ii, 404 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; Wills, 225, 238 (1993) [full citation]]

(all Restoration revivals) Corbachio, VOLPONE; Morose, EPICOENE; Sir Epicure Mammon, ALCHEMIST; Lygones, KING AND NO KING; Brabantio, OTHELLO; Falstaff, HENRY IV; Cacafogo, RULE A WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE; actor, SISTERS;

Clark, Hugh
(circa1610-53). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626-36; Ireland(?) 1637; King's 1641-48). [Nungezer, 90 [full citation]; JCS ii, 406 [full citation]; Stevenson, 'First Irish Theater' (1942) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]; George, 'Pre-1642 Cast Lists', 25 (1977) [full citation]]

Gratiana, WEDDING; Hubert, KING JOHN AND MATILDA; Bess Bridges, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Nuntius, Sypha, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO.

Dobson, John
(fl. 1626). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626). [Nungezer, 116 [full citation]; JCS ii, 423 [full citation]]

Camelion, WEDDING;

Fenn, Ezekiel
(1620-1639<). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1635-6, Beeston's Boys 1637-9). [Nungezer, 133 [full citation]; JCS ii, 433 [full citation]; Streett, 'Durability' (1973) [full citation]]

Sophonisba, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO; Winnifrede, WITCH OF EDMONTON; Glapthorne, in 1639, published a "Prologue" For Ezekiel Fen t his first Acting a Mans Part.

Goad, Christopher
(b.1596; fl. 1623-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1630-34; King's Revels 1634?; Queen Henrietta's 1635). [Nungezer, 154 [full citation]; JCS ii, 445 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Oxford, KING JOHN AND MATILDA; Forset & Spanish Captain, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Duke of Ferrara, 2 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Silius, MESSLLINA;

[?]Hamluc, W
(fl. circa1621). Actor(?). [Nungezer, 172 [full citation]; JCS ii, 459 [full citation]]

Jackson
(fl. >1634, probably c. 1629). Actor (possibly mistake for Axen). [Nungezer, 202 [full citation]; JCS ii, 482 [full citation]]

Chester, KING JOHN AND MATILDA;

?Mago, William
(1579-1632). Actor (Prince Charles' (I) 1621; King's 1624-31; ?Queen Henrietta's). (Son of John Mago) [Nungezer, 243 [full citation]; JCS ii, 506 [full citation]; Eccles, 'Actors III', 297 (1992) [full citation]].

Hanno or Asolrubal, BELIEVE AS YOU LIST; ?actor, WITCH OF EDMONTON;

May, Edward
(fl. 1631-41). Actor (Prince Charles' (I) 1631; noted at Norwich 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 249 [full citation]; JCS ii, 509 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]].

Fidelio, HOLLAND'S LEAGUER; Bailiff, EDMOND IRONSIDE;

Page, John
(fl. 1626). Boy actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626). [Nungezer, 262 [full citation]]

Jane Lanby, WEDDING; Lelius, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO

Pennycuicke, Andrew
(1620-1658<) (Penneycuick, Pennicooke, Pennycooke) Actor (c. 1629), printer. [Nungezer, 272 [full citation]; JCS ii, 524 [full citation]]

Matilda, KING JOHN AND MATILDA (but did not originate the part);

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);

Reade, Timothy
(fl. 1626-47) (Reed, Rheade). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626; Salisbury Court 1634 (?Prince Charles's); Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 291 [full citation]; JCS ii, 540 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Cardona, WEDDING; actor, A KING AND NO KING (anecdote from Perfect Occurrences of Every Daie Journall; a famous comedian, praised in Goffe's Careless Shepherdess;

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);

Rogers, Edward
(fl. 1625-6). Boy actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-6). [Nungezer, 303 [full citation]; JCS ii, 553 [full citation]]

Milliscent, WEDDING; Donusa, RENEGADO;

Shakerley, Edward
(fl. 1623-25). Musician and actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625). [Nungezer, 314 [full citation]; JCS ii, 561 [full citation]; Cutts, 'New Findings', 104 (1966) [full citation]]

Gazet, RENEGADO;

Sherlock, William
(fl. 1617-40) (Shearlock, Shirelock, Shirley, Shurlock). Actor (Lady Elizabeth's 1622; Queen Henrietta's 1626-40). [Nungezer, 324 [full citation]; JCS ii, 572 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Lodam, WEDDING; Brand, KING JOHN AND MATILDA; Mr. Ruffman, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Maharaball & Prusias, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO;

Stutville, George
(fl. 1622-40) (Estoteville, Estouteville, Staffield, Stutfield, Stutvile, Stutvill). Actor (Revels circa1622; Prince Charles' (II) 1632-34; Queen Henrietta's 1635; Beeston's Boys 1640). [Nungezer, 130, 340 [full citation]; JCS ii, 580 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]; Bentley, 'Prince Charles's Company', 229 (1978) [full citation]; Elliott, 'Plays at Christ Church', 13 (1985) [full citation]]

Bostar, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO; Spirit, Triton, TWO NOBLE LADIES; Nobleman's son, EDMOND IRONSIDE; Servant, RICHARD II;

Sumner, John
(d.1649 or 1651, likely the "Jno Sumpner" buried 18 September 1651 at St. James, Clerkenwell) (Somner, Sumpner). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1625-40). [Nungezer, 341 [full citation]; JCS ii, 583 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Marwood, WEDDING; Young Bruce, KING JOHN AND MATILDA; Duke of Florence, 2 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST; Mustapha, RENEGADO; Himulco, HANNIBAL AND SCIPIO;

Wilbraham, William
(b.circa 1608; fl. 1626-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626-30; King's Revels 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 391 [full citation]; JCS ii, 619 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Isaac, WEDDING; Bashaw Alcade, 1 FAIR MAID OF THE WEST;

Wintershall, William
(d.1679; fl. 1639-79) (Wintersall, Winterscale, Wintershull). Actor (Salisbury Court; Restoration). [Nungezer, 398 [full citation]; JCS ii, 623 [full citation]; Freehafer, 'London Patent Companies', 7 (1965) [full citation]; Oliver, 'Building of the Theatre Royal' (1972) [full citation]; George, 'Early Cast Lists' (1974) [full citation]]

Young, John
(fl. 1626-40). Actor (Queen Henrietta's 1626-34; King's Revels 1634; at Norwich 1635; Queen Henrietta's 1635-40). [Nungezer, 403 [full citation]; JCS ii, 628 [full citation]; Haaker, 'Plague', 297 (1968) [full citation]]

Haver, WEDDING; Leister, KING JOHN AND MATILDA;