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Edward Alleyn è stato uno dei più importanti attori inglesi del teatro elisabettiano, fondatore del Dulwich College e del teatro Fortune Playhouse.
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 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.
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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. Dedicò a scopo benefico le sue ingenti ricchezze istituendo nel 1619 a Dulwich il College of God's Gift, tuttora esistente.
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.
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.
Edward Alleyn was an impresario, entrepreneur and one of the leading actors of his day. With links to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Alleyn was a key player during one of the most creative and innovative periods of English literary history.
