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It appears to have been the practice of the old actors—the "master actors," as they were called—to take youths as apprentices, and to initiate them in female characters, as a preparatory step towards something weightier. Richard Robinson, above-mentioned, circa 1616, usually performed female characters himself.[4] In 1647 his name occurs, with several others, prefixed to the dedication of the first folio edition of Fletcher's Plays. He served in the king's army in the civil wars, and was killed in an engagement by Harrison, who refused him quarter, and who was afterwards hanged at Charing Cross.