{"id":1551,"date":"2016-11-10T22:46:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T21:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=1551"},"modified":"2016-11-13T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T09:56:58","slug":"john-sincler-or-sinklo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/shakespeare-1616-2016\/the-first-night-of-romeo-juliet\/presenting-the-lord-chamberlains-boys-and-men\/john-sincler-or-sinklo\/","title":{"rendered":"John Sincler (or Sinklo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Date of birth unknown. The company\u2019s \u2018thin man\u2019. On stage as \u2018an actor\u2019 in the induction of <em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>. As a beadle in 2 <em>Henry IV<\/em> (ca. 1597), \u2018much is made of Sinklo&#8217;s skinny physique in this role, and the insults leveled at him by Doll and Mistress Quickly include &#8216;nut-hook&#8217;, &#8216;starved bloodhound&#8217; and &#8216;thin thing\u2019 (Wikipedia). The likeness with the apothecary is obvious, and the actor in question can be recognized in many a Shakespeare creation : \u2018Based on his thin appearance, other characters Sinklo could have played include according to Wikipedia :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Master Pinch in <em>The Comedy of Errors<\/em> (before 1595), described as<br \/>\n&#8216;a hungry-faced villain&#8217;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Apothecary in <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em> (1594), told by Romeo that<br \/>\n&#8216;famine is in thy cheeks.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thersites in <em>Troilus and Cressida<\/em>, described as a &#8216;fragment&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert Faulconbridge in<em> King John<\/em> (ca. 1595-6), whose legs are<br \/>\n&#8216;riding-rods&#8217; and who has arms &#8216;like eel-skins stuff\u2019d&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Slender in<em> The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em> (1597).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starveling in <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em> (ca. 1594).\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The description also fits Sir Andrew Aguecheeck in <em>Twelfth-Night<\/em> (ca. 1601), who is long and thin \u2018like a distaff&#8217;. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1<\/span>\u00a0 His name is apparently a pun on his \u2018heroic\u2019 attitude. And if his face shows only the slightest resemblance to the name, it leaves him a true Knight (of the Sad Countenance) indeed. But the financially starving Sir Andrew is principally one of the pack that is after the rich Countess Olivia in hope of marriage : ever seen a bloodhound chasing a hot scent?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like Sir Andrew, Faulconbridge is long and thin, and the beadle a nuthook (long, thin, and stooping). Like Sir Andrew, the beadle is a \u2018starved bloodhound\u2019 as well. And as such a strong link between Sir Andrew around 1601 and the hungry-faced villain of an apothecary in 1594. As a result there seems to be no space for doubt on John Sincler\u2019s employment with the Chamberlain\u2019s Men at any time between the patronages of Derby and James I.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1<br \/>\nThis in perfect chiaroscuro with Richard Burbage\u2019s short and fat Sir Toby Belch. Because of their equally sharp contrast between knights as fool and wit, and despite the reversed master-servant relationship, Sir Andrew Aguecheek is amazingly akin to that more famous knight from La Mancha (1605).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of birth unknown. The company\u2019s \u2018thin man\u2019. On stage as \u2018an actor\u2019 in the induction of The Taming of the Shrew. 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