Charles William Wallace (February 6, 1865 – August 7, 1932) was an American scholar and researcher, famed for his discoveries in the field of English Renaissance theatre .
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60-652: A lavish collection of original records in Elizabethan and Jacobean studies; but his death from cancer in 1932 prevented the realization of his plan. Wallace's most important publications are his books, The Children of the Chapel at Blackfriars, 1597–1603 (1908), The Evolution of the English Drama Up to Shakespeare (1912), and The First London Theatre: Materials for a History (1913). John Heminges John Heminges (bapt. 25 November 1566 – 10 October 1630)
80-460: A number of Shakespeare's plays, some of which might have been lost otherwise. As a sharer in the Globe Theatre, Heminges’ name, along with the other sharers, is mentioned several times in various legal documents that were discovered by American researcher Charles William Wallace . The Globe was plagued by lawsuits as the shares were left to beneficiaries who did not have the continued welfare of
100-546: A range of other documents, yielding important new knowledge in the study of Jacobean drama. The Wallaces' work provided a vastly improved comprehension of the role of the children's companies in English Renaissance drama. Wallace's dedication to his research took an unusual, perhaps unique form: in order to finance further work, he became a wildcatter in the oil industry in 1918. He made successful discoveries in that arena too, and planned to use his new wealth to publish
120-453: Is little more evidence to substantiate the claim later made by an actor to Alexander Pope that Heminges was a tragedian. Of his activities as manager more is known. Court documents relating to the King's Men generally list Heminges as the recipient of money due the company; the records of Henry Herbert indicate that Heminges at least sometimes served as the point of contact between the company and
140-633: The University of Nebraska , and a doctorate from the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . He was an instructor at the University of Nebraska in 1901, and appointed professor of English Dramatic Literature at that institution in 1910. He married Hulda Alfreda Berggren in 1893. From 1907 through 1916, he and his wife conducted an intensive survey at the Public Record Office in London . The Wallaces discovered
160-497: The 1616 Jonson folio lists him playing the role of Corbaccio in Volpone ; since the same list includes Nathan Field , who did not join the King's Men until 1616, it seems that Heminges continued to act, at least intermittently, into his fifties. Edmond Malone reported seeing Heminges' name associated with the role of Falstaff ; there is, however, no other evidence of this connection. There
180-731: The Blackfriars Gatehouse in 1613. Between 1595 and 1628 Heminges took on ten apprentices with the Grocers' Company. Of these ten, eight appear to have performed for Heminges's company, in both boys' and adult roles. Alexander Cooke was one of his apprentices. Heminges also built and operated a taphouse at the Globe. Heminges was mentioned in Shakespeare's will, along with Richard Burbage and Henry Condell , each being bequeathed 26 shillings and eightpence to buy mourning rings . Burbage died before
200-538: The Company during a period of plague. In August 1604, Augustine Phillips and Heminges and their King's Men fellows served at Somerset House as grooms in the household of the Spanish ambassador Juan Fernández de Velasco y Tovar, 5th Duke of Frías . The actors, possibly including William Shakespeare , may have employed simply as extra hired help in magnificent households appointed for the ambassadors, and were not necessarily
220-420: The company at heart. In one such lawsuit, Heminges v Ostler , Heminges was sued by his daughter, Thomasina Ostler over a share of the company. The surviving records do not specify the final outcome of the suit. At his death, Heminges’ shares in the Globe and Blackfriars theatres passed to his son, William Heminges . The lawsuit records are valuable to historians for the detailed information they contain regarding
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#1732884743390240-654: The company business. Heminges died in October 1630 in Southwark , and was buried 12 October 1630 at the parish church of St Mary Aldermanbury. In his will he had asked to be buried as close to his wife as possible. The extent and nature of Heminges' acting is not entirely clear. He is known to have performed in Ben Jonson 's Sejanus and Every Man in His Humour (in both cases, alongside Shakespeare). A Jacobean inscription in
260-457: The court record papers of the dispute between Alleyn and the owners of The Theatre, an account of which he published as The First London Theatre: Materials for a History . They also discovered Shakespeare's 1612 deposition in the Bellott v. Mountjoy lawsuit, and records of the suits Keysar v. Burbage (1610), Ostler v. Heminges (1615), and Witter v. Heminges and Condell (1619), among
280-520: The parish of St Mary Aldermanbury , and had at least thirteen children there between the years 1590 and 1613. Heminges's association with the theatre had begun by 1593, when he and Augustine Phillips were with Lord Strange's Men . By the next year he and Phillips had joined the Lord Chamberlain's Men , later the King's Men . Heminges remained with the Company until his death. Privy Council records from 1630 state that he received £100 to relieve
300-471: The publication of Shakespeare's First Folio , but Heminges and Condell became credited contributors of the book. They mentioned in their preface, "To the great Variety of Readers", that they wished "the Author himselfe had liv'd to have set forth, and overseen his owne writings", they also mention their own care and pain "to haue collected & publish’d" the works. Their editorial efforts were vital to preserving
320-485: The recipients of special royal favour. Heminges remained active in the Grocers' Company alongside his theatrical activities; indeed, the two sometimes intertwined. On 13 December 1608 he was admitted as one of the ten seacoal-meters for the city of London, citizens appointed to measure the coal imported into the city by sea. Shortly afterwards he took on John Jackson as his deputy. Both Heminges and Jackson later acted as trustees for William Shakespeare when he purchased
340-478: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wallace&oldid=1195758737 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles William Wallace Wallace
360-473: Was an actor in the King's Men , the playing company for which William Shakespeare wrote. Along with Henry Condell , he was an editor of the First Folio , the collected plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623. He was also the financial manager for the King's Men. Heminges was baptised at St Peter de Witton Church, Droitwich , Worcestershire , on 25 November 1566. Sent to London at the age of twelve, he
380-513: Was apprenticed for nine years to the City Grocer John Collins, becoming a freeman of the Grocers' Company on 24 April 1587. On 10 March 1588 he received a licence to marry Rebecca Knell (née Edwards), the widow of William Knell , an actor with the Queen's Men who had been killed at Thame , Oxfordshire, in 1587 by John Towne, a fellow actor. Heminges and his sixteen-year-old wife settled in
400-498: Was born in Hopkins, Missouri to Thomas Dickay Wallace and Olive McEwen. Intending to be a teacher, he graduated from Western Normal College, Shenandoah, Iowa , and taught briefly in country schoolhouses before becoming a professor of Latin and English at his alma mater. He also founded and directed a preparatory school for the state university in Nebraska . He earned a bachelor's degree from
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