Burbage
Americannoun
noun
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James . ?1530–97, English actor and theatre manager, who built (1576) the first theatre in England
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his son, Richard . ?1567–1619, English actor, associated with Shakespeare
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As with the theater, so with the age: Burbage was only doing what everyone else in that profit-mad era was doing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Asher, from Burbage in Leicestershire, told BBC Radio Leicester filming with the cast of established stars had been a "mindblowing" experience.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024
Sharon Chaplin was working an evening shift at Johnsons Textile Services in Burbage, Hinckley on 16 December 2021.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023
Jalen Burbage caught eight passes for 106 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown with 12 seconds left before halftime.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022
"Well, if you can feign love or compassion half so well as you can feign an agonizing death, you'll be as famous as Burbage."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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