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Lowin's prowess as an actor is displayed by a remarkable fact about the plays in which he acted. In the hundreds of plays, and the thousands of roles in them, that date to the 1580–1610 era, there are only about twenty roles of 800 lines or longer. Only three plays have
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had finally passed. From that year until the theaters closed in 1642, Lowin (together with Joseph Taylor) assumed the roles previously fulfilled by
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in honor of the election of one of their company as Lord Mayor; in the document employing him, Lowin is described as a "brother" of the company, suggesting some form of ongoing relationship with that community. He lived in
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Burbage played the starring role in the King's Men's productions of these plays—;and Lowin apparently was the man who seconded him (just as Lowin is known to have played Bosola to
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Lowin was one of the ten King's Men who signed the dedication in the 1647 Beaumont and
Fletcher First Folio; also, he signed the 1652 edition of Fletcher's
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reveals as a large and imposing figure, is often associated with comic characters, especially those of a "stout blunt humor," including
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Lowin was definitely associated with the theatrical world by 1602. His name frequently occurs in the account books of
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That he became important to the company fairly quickly is suggested by his appearance as himself (alongside
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with Joseph Taylor. In the 25 cast lists added to plays in the
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Elizabethan
Theatre and "The Book of Sir Thomas More."
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Original Actors in Shakespeare's Plays
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