John Shank (also spelled Shanke or Shanks) (died January 1636) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre, a leading comedian in the King's Men during the 1620s and 1630s.
Early career
By his own testimony, Shank began his stage career with Pembroke's Men and Queen Elizabeth's Men. "Presumably the Pembroke's company in question was that of 1597–1600, and the Queen Elizabeth's Men the travelling company of the latter years of the reign"— that is to say, the later years of Elizabeth I.
Shank was with Prince Henry's Men by 1610, and was a sharer in the company (that is, a partner who shared in the profits rather than a hired man) by 1613. Shank seems to have fulfilled the function that clowns had filled at least since the time of Richard Tarleton: he was a "jigging clown" who sang and danced the jig that concluded each performance.
In the controversy surrounding the Prince's Men's production of The Roaring Girl in 1611, Shank seems to have temporarily lost his jigging function when "lewd jigs, songs and dances" were suppressed by the Middlesex justices in 1612.
The forthcoming LP is called 'Walk This Road' and will drop this summer ... They added. "John McFee added his incredible musical talents as well. Once more we turned to the amazing John Shanks who produced, wrote, and played on the tracks with us ... .
I was the sort of boy who wrote things down in notebooks, collected things,’ says John Glencross ... ‘But the letter points out that John received £213 after tax ... Two Shanklys, Bob and John, also played for the club long before Glencross was alive.
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...Johnston, and longtime member John McFee ... John McFee added his incredible musical talents as well. Once more we turned to the amazing John Shanks who produced, wrote, and played on the tracks with us.”.
The day still turned into an adventure for the Ravens’ special teams, with Jordan Stout shanking a punt and punt returner DesmondKing II fumbling twice (coach John Harbaugh said King will remain his punt returner against Houston).
“We had five champs today ...John’s EdwardKessen to improve to 11-0 on the season ... Other champions on Saturday included Bluffton’s RonaldKaufman (106) and MasonShank (285), Elida’s Shanndon Smith (150) and Delphos St. John’s Dylan Kantner (157). .
On Dec ... "It is with sadness that we announce the closing of our Bold RockAsheville taproom ... John Washburn and BrianShanks founded Bold Rock, an award-winning craft beverage company that sources locally grown apples, in Nellysford, Virginia in 2012.
7. Gabbert threw a 30-yard touchdown to Cade McDonald on the first play of Miami's second drive of the game. The RedHawks inherited a short field after Bowling Green's JohnHenderson shanked a punt that traveled just 13 yards ... ....
Advocacy ... She has 20 years of experience in higher education ... as marketing coordinator at the KiawahRiver development on JohnsIsland ... RyanShanks has joined Mount Pleasant-based Apollon Holdings and Apollon Wealth Management as chief growth officer.
Liverpool had worn red shirts with white shorts before switching to all red under BillShankly(Image credit ... According to striker Ian St John, legendary Reds boss Bill Shankly thought the colour scheme would instil fear in the opposition.
AnthonyJohn Wheble has tried to kill two fellow inmates with shanks, sliced off parts of his own ears, an eyelid and a finger and had obsessive-compulsive thoughts about prison guards ... a shank.
AnthonyJohn Wheble has tried to kill two fellow inmates with shanks, sliced off parts of his own ears, an eyelid and a finger and had obsessive-compulsive thoughts about prison guards. .
