Lowin, John

Lowin, John

▪ English actor
Lowin also spelled  Lowine, Lowen, Lowyn, or Lewen 
baptized Dec. 9, 1576, Cripplegate, London, Eng.
 
buried March 18, 1659, or March 16, 1669, London

      English actor, a colleague of William Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William).

      Lowin was the son of a carpenter. He worked as a goldsmith's apprentice for eight years and then joined the Earl of Worcester's Men as an actor in 1602. By 1603 he was a member of the King's Men. He is known to have specialized in the roles of comic soldiers as well as downright villains. He created Bosola in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi, and Shakespeare is said to have coached him in the part of Henry VIII. Lowin was also remembered for his Falstaff and the Jonsonian parts of Morose (Epicoene), Volpone, and Mammon (The Alchemist). After the death of John Heminge, Lowin became, with Joseph Taylor, comanager of the King's Men. As such, he received payments for the company's appearances in court performances. He also acquired shares in the Globe (Globe Theatre) and Blackfriars (Blackfriars Theatre) theatres. At the outbreak of the English Civil Wars, after the theatres' closing, Lowin became an innkeeper at Brentford. He was listed in the First Folio as one of the principal actors in Shakespeare's plays.

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