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Edward "Ned" Alleyn (/ ˈ æ l ɪ n /; 1 September 1566 – 21 November 1626) was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich.
Edward Alleyn è stato uno dei più importanti attori inglesi del teatro elisabettiano, fondatore del Dulwich College e del teatro Fortune Playhouse.
Edward Alleyn was one of the greatest actors of the Elizabethan stage and founder of Dulwich College, London. Rivaled only by Richard Burbage, Alleyn won the outspoken admiration of such authors as Ben Jonson and Thomas Nashe for his interpretations of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Doctor.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edward Alleyn is considered one of the greatest actors of Shakespeare's time. Born the son of a London innkeeper, Alleyn began his acting career in his late teens when he joined the provincial troupe the Earl of Worcester's Men.
Attore (Londra 1566 - Dulwich 1626); amico di Shakespeare e di Ben Jonson, fu a capo della Admiral's Company di lord Ch. Howard conte di Nottingham; famose le sue interpretazioni dell' Ebreo di Malta e del Faust di Marlowe.
Edward Alleyn was the most famous actor in Elizabethan England, rivalled only by Richard Burbage. He was with Worcester's Men in 1583, and joined the Admiral's Men at the Rose around 1587. He was first to play such towering characters as Marlowe 's Tamburlaine, Doctor Faustus, and The Jew of Malta, and Greene 's Orlando Furioso.
Early modern actor and playhouse owner. Born on 1 September 1566, the middle child of the Innkeeper of ‘The Pye’ at Bishopsgate, also called Edward, and his wife Margaret. Alleyn senior died in 1571, and his widow (née Townley) remarried, to one John Browne.
