Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 74 IS - 4 T2 - Shakespeare Quarterly SP - 314-38 ID - bbbo440 T1 - "The Names of the Actors: The First Folio and Theater History" AU - Munro, Lucy PY - 2023 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1093/sq/quad037 LA - English AB - "Contends that 'The Names of the Principall Actors' [in the first folio] creates a fantasy 'Shakespeare Company'...Headed by Shakespeare himself and composed entirely of sharers in the Lord Chamberlain's and King's Men." Points to actors missing from this list, including Edward Alleyn and Lawrence Fletcher. Suggests that in this list, "hired players, apprentices, and musicians are relegated to the margins; and women do not feature at all." ER -