Heminge (or Hemmings), John (1556–1630)

English actor. He was a member of Richard Burbage's company and later his business manager. He held several shares in the Globe and Blackfriars playhouses. He and his fellow actor John Condell (died 1627) were responsible for printing many of Shakespeare's plays in the first published edition of any of his works, known as the First Folio, 1623.