Richard Perkins (actor)

Richard Perkins
Bornc. 1579[1]/c. 1585[2]
Died1650[3]
Occupationactor
Known forhis performance in the role of Barabas in Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta

Richard Perkins (c. 1579/c. 1585–1650) was a prominent early seventeenth-century actor,[4] most famous for his performance in the role of Barabas in Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta. At the peak of his career in the 1630s, many contemporaries judged Perkins to be the premier tragedian of his generation.

  1. ^ Lucy Munro (16 April 2020). Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King's Men. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-1-4742-6263-7.
  2. ^ James Shirley (1986). The Lady of Pleasure. Manchester University Press. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-0-7190-1539-7.
  3. ^ Christopher Marlowe (1995). The Jew of Malta. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-812770-3.
  4. ^ Amnon Kabatchnik (14 August 2017). Blood on the Stage, 1600 to 1800: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 306–. ISBN 978-1-5381-0616-7.