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Edward " Ned " Alleyn ( / ˈælɪn /; 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 . Early life. Memorial to Edward Alleyn in Dulwich Village, sculpted by Louise Simson, 2005.
Biografia. 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.
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The Life of Edward Alleyn (1566 - 1626) 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 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.
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.
ALLEYN, Edward 1566-1626. 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. Perhaps at his instigation both Edward and his older ...
