"The Names of the Actors: The First Folio and Theater History"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo440/
Author:
	Munro, Lucy.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2023
Publication Information:
	Shakespeare Quarterly 74, no. 4 (2023): 314–38.
DOI:
	10.1093/sq/quad037
Annotation:
	"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."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Alleyn, Edward; Fletcher, Lawrence
Tags:
	Actors, Acting, Directors, Directing, Printing History, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare's Stage: Acting Companies
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo440