King John (play) production of the play (directed by Ben Humphrey) around the tomb of King John in Worcester Cathedral on the 800th anniversary of the King's death. King John was played by Phil Leach. The Bremer Shakespeare Company performed the play at the Globe Theater Neuss as part of the Shakespeare Festival im Globe Neuss on 28th June 2005. The play was translated into German and directed by Rainer Iwersen. King John (play) The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England
John King (pirate) John King (pirate) John King (c. 1706/9 – April 26, 1717) was an 18th-century pirate. He joined the crew of Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy while still a juvenile, and is the youngest known pirate on record. On November 9, 1716, Bellamy and his crew, sailing the sloop "Mary Anne" (or "Marianne"), attacked and captured the Antiguan sloop "Bonetta", which was then en route from Antigua to Jamaica. John King, then aged between eight and eleven, was a passenger on the "Bonetta". According to Abijah Savage, the "Bonetta"'s commander, the pirates looted the ship for 15 days, during which time King