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William Tawyer

(d. 1625)


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(d. 1625),

musician and actor (King's Men by 1624). Tawyer was apprenticed to John Heminges and appears in a stage direction in the 1623 Folio text of A Midsummer Night's ...

Subjects: Literature — Shakespeare studies and criticism

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Tawyer, William (d. 1625)
in The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Length: 52 words

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