Richard Burbage was a film director who directed 13 out of 20 roles .
Edward Alleyn was the first English actor to manage such directorial roles , in Marlowe 's Tamburlaine and The Jew of Malta ; but the majority of these star roles , thirteen of the twenty , were directed by Burbage . He was said to be quite rich because he was earning income from being the primary housekeeping of two playhouses , a sharer in the King 's Men , a lead actor , and a painter .
Richard Burbage