Editing Richard Burbage

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|first_appearance=''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]'' ([[List of games by date#1993|1993]])

|species=Human

{{quote|I, sir, am an actor! None other than the great Burbage of verbiage. My given name is Richard Burbage, but I can be called any name the script doth instruct!|Richard Burbage|Mario's Time Machine (PC)}}

'''{{wp|Richard Burbage}}''' (c. 1567 – 13 March 1619) was an English stage actor during the {{wp|Elizabethan era}}. He was a part of the {{wp|Lord Chamberlain's Men}} troupe, which worked closely alongside [[William Shakespeare]] and acted out many of his plays. In ''[[Mario's Time Machine (PC)|Mario's Time Machine]]'', in 1601 at [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], he was preparing for Shakespeare's newest play, ''{{wp|Hamlet}}'', where he was to take the role of the protagonist, {{wp|Prince Hamlet}}. At this point, he meets [[Mario]], who traveled back in time to return the [[Skull (Mario's Time Machine)|Skull]] that is being used for this production of ''Hamlet''.

[[File:Richard Burbage MTMSNES.png|thumb|left|Richard Burbage in the [[Mario's Time Machine (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES release of ''Mario's Time Machine'']]]]

When Mario first meets Richard in Stratford, he attempts to introduce himself, but Richard then interrupts him by saying that he is a great actor, giving his name, and boasting that he can work with any script. As he boasts about being a part of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, he proceeds to quote Prince Hamlet teaching some actors: "We hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature, reflecting this stuff called life."{{footnote|main|*}} Mario is confused by this, and Richard explains that it refers to how life is complicated to understand, let alone explain. He then proceeds to quote ''{{wp|As You Like It}}'': "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players." (2.7.146-147) Mario asks him how many plays Shakespeare has written, with "some 24," (despite there being thirty-six plays in Shakespeare's {{wp|First Folio}}, and only eighteen of them were {{wp|Early texts of Shakespeare's works|published earlier}}) including {{wp|Shakespearean comedy|comedies}}, {{wp|Shakespearean tragedy|tragedies}}, and {{wp|Shakespearean history|histories}}. Mario is impressed by Shakespeare's bibliography, and Richard also praises him, describing him as one of the best playwrights in English literature and a good actor. He then remembers that he has [[Anne Hathaway]]'s [[Knife]] and tells Mario to bring it to her. Mario then asks him if he should be rehearsing, and he suddenly remembers that he needs to be practicing for his role of Prince Hamlet and that he needs a feather to complete his costume. After Mario obtains the [[Feather (Mario's Time Machine)|Feather]] from Anne and gives it to Richard, he proclaims that his costume is complete and continues to quote ''Hamlet'', although he does not quote Prince Hamlet: "This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man!" (1.3.79-82) Mario does not understand it at all, and Richard explains that if one is able to be honest with themselves, they are able to show their honesty to others. He then mentions that the {{wp|Globe Theatre}} is in need of a sign to attract customers. Mario then gives him a [[Globe (Mario's Time Machine)|Globe]], and he gladly he takes. He finally bids Mario farewell as he leaves to prepare for his performance.

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