sentences:  He was with the Queen's Men from 1604 (shortly after the death of the company's celebrated comedian Will Kempe) and his usual stage persona was that of "amiable ass".By the time of his death in August 1612 had had risen to be a principal investor in the company, as well as the leaseholder of the nearby Curtain Theatre.One cryptic epigram states that "new come from sea, [he] made but one face and died"; this, states William Oldys, appeared in Richard Braithwaite's "Remains after Death" (1618) and signifies that he had recently returned from overseas and specialized in but one type of role.