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  Edward Alleyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Alleyn (September 1, 1566 - November 25, 1626), English actor, was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School.
Alleyn was never a member of his own foundation, but he continued to the close of his life to guide and control its affairs under powers reserved to himself in the letters patent.
Alleyn was a member of the corporation of wardens of St Saviour's, Southwark, in 1610, and there is a memorial window to him in the cathedral.
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 Edward Alleyn (1566-1626)
Edward Alleyn was the most famous actor in Elizabethan England, rivalled only by Richard Burbage.
In 1592, Alleyn married Joan Woodward, the step-daughter of his friend and employer Philip Henslowe, owner and manager of the Rose Theatre.
In 1600, Alleyn and Henslowe constructed the Fortune Theatre north of the city to compete with the Globe.
www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/alleyn.htm   (509 words)

  
 Edward II (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward and his favourite are portrayed in an unflattering light throughout much of the play, as they overspend and neglect their duties.
Edward II may have been the only one of Marlowe's plays not written for the greatest actor of the time, Edward Alleyn.
Edward the Second may have been Marlowe's last play, and gives a sense of his progress as a dramatist just as his life was cut short.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_II_(play)   (511 words)

  
 Edward Alleyn: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alleyn inherited house property in Bishopsgate (Bishopsgate: bishopsgate is a road in the east of the city of london, running north from gracechurch...
Alleyn's connection with Dulwich (Dulwich: dulwich is a generally prosperous settlement in the london borough of southwark and which...
Alleyn was a member of the corporation of wardens of St Saviour's, Southwark (Southwark: more facts about this subject), in 1610, and there is a memorial window to him in the cathedral.
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 EDWARD ALLEYN - LoveToKnow Article on EDWARD ALLEYN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Among these were the Rose Theatre at Bankside, the Paris Garden and the Fortune Theatre in St Luke'sthe latter occupied by the earl of Nottingham's company, of which Alleyn was the head.
Alleyn acquired this large property for little more than 10,000.
Alleyn finally carried his point and the College of God's Gift at Dulwich was founded, and endowed under letters patent of James I., dated the 2ist of June 1619.
7.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALLEYN_EDWARD.htm   (686 words)

  
 Edward Alleyn
Edward Alleyn was the leading player in the Admiral's Men, and was considered by many to have been the greatest actor* of his time.
Whether or not Alleyn was the greatest actor, he was by far the wealthiest, with shares in the Bear Garden and the Fortune and leasehold investments in London and Sussex.
Alleyn was generous with his wealth, founding the College of God's Gift at Dulwich, in 1613, at an original cost of £10,000.
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 November 25th
Edward Alleyn, the son of an innkeeper, was born at the sign of the 'Pye,' in Bishopsgate, London.
Alleyn's first wife was Joan Woodward, the step daughter of one Henslowe, a theatrical speculator and pawnbroker; a thrifty man, withal, well calculated to foster and develop the acquisitive spirit, so characteristic of the future life of his step son in law.
Though Alleyn had, without doubt, a keen eye for a bargain, a ready hand to turn a penny, and an active foot for the main chance, he was, unlike many men of that description, of a true, affectionate, and kindly nature; ever anxious for the welfare and happiness of his home and its inmates.
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 Gwynneth Bowen - Worcester's, Oxford's and The Admiral's
Edward Alleyn and he may, or may not, still have been members of Worcester's, as they presumably were only seven months before; John Alleyn may, or may not, have joined the company; and the company, itself, may, or may not, have broken up; but amid all these uncertainties one fact is clear.
Now, it is well-known that Edward Alleyn was baptized at St. Botolph's without Bishopsgate, on 2nd September 1566, and that his father was Edward Alleyn, of Willen, Bucks., Innholder and Porter to the Queen, but it seems to have been almost forgotten that he also had an inn in Bishopsgate.
John Alleyn, not having been a member of Worcester's in 1583, is a case apart, but as landlord of the inn where Oxford's men played, he would be in a unique position in relation to that company and a sharer in his own right, independently of his status as an actor.
www.sourcetext.com /sourcebook/library/bowen/26worcester.htm   (2943 words)

  
 The Admiral's Men
Edward Alleyn, the company's leading actor, decided to retire in 1597, leaving the company no-one to rival Richard Burbage of the Chamberlain's Men.
The Fortune did give the Globe tough competition, and Alleyn retired permanently in 1603, the year of the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
Soon, the patronage of the company was transferred to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I, and was renamed Prince Henry's Men, or the Prince's Men.
www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/admiralsmen.htm   (405 words)

  
 To Prove a Villain -- The Real Richard III
Edward Alleyn gave to Dulwich College, which he had founded in 1613-19, a set of 26 Royal Portraits which had cost him £8.13s.4d.
Alleyn, as an actor-manager, will have felt the value of portraits of kings whom he might find himself recreating on stage.
Anne is in the center of her group, flanked on her right by her first husband, Edward of Lancaster, heir to Henry VI, and on her left by a three-quarter view of Richard that is remarkably consistent with the arch-topped portrait in the Society of Antiquaries.
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 Edward Alleyn (1566-1626)
ALLEYN, EDWARD (1566-1626), English actor and founder of Dulwich College, was born in London on the 1st of September 1566, the son of an innkeeper.
Nash expresses in prose, in Pierce Penniless, his admiration of him, while Heywood calls him "inimitable," "the best of actors," "Proteus for shapes and Roscius for a tongue." Alleyn inherited house property in Bishopsgate from his father.
Among these were the Rose Theatre at Bankside, the Paris Garden and the Fortune Theatre in St. Luke's--the latter occupied by the earl of Nottingham's company, of which Alleyn was the head.
www.theatrehistory.com /british/alleyn001.html   (674 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Edward Alleyn
Edward Alleyn (usually pronounced Allen) was one of the most famous actor-managers of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre.
Alleyn joined the Earl of Worcester’s Players before he was eighteen, and in 1589 became the leading actor of the Lord Admiral’s Men.
Alleyn was also the proprietor of The Unicorn tavern in Bankside, and of three neighbouring brothels.
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 Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
By 1600 the position was reversed, and the reputations as tragedians of Edward Alleyn and Richard Burbage dominated the theatre world; in 1599 Will Kemp jigged his way out of the "world," and his successor Robert Armin was as renowned for being a playwright as for being a clown.
Alleyn was born in 1566, the son of a London "innholder." Possibly his father's occupation brought him into early contact with the players, for he was already with a leading company, Worcester's, by the time he was sixteen.
Two years younger than Alleyn, Burbage was a younger son of the carpenter turned impresario who built the Theatre in 1576, and first appears at the age of twenty-three, named in a lawsuit as defending his father's takings.
www.fathom.com /feature/35255   (2175 words)

  
 Dulwich - Add
Edward Alleyn was a great actor of Elizabethan times and a contemporary of Shakespeare.
In 1612 Alleyn with his wife moved to Dulwich and decided to found an establishment which would provide homes for 12 poor old people and schooling for 12 poor scholars from four parishes with which he was associated.
Edward Alleyn had no children and on his death left the Manor of Dulwich to the college he had founded.
www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkdulwichadd.htm   (2370 words)

  
 Bloomsbury.com - Research centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alleyn, Edward (1566-1626) Son of an innkeeper, Alleyn rose to become one of the two foremost tragic actors of the great age of English drama.
In 1586 he was performing for Lord Worcester's Men; in 1592 he married the stepdaughter of the financier Philip Henslowe, and together they built up the prosperity of the Lord Admiral's Men.
His acting was highly praised by contemporary dramatists and other writers—Thomas Nashe, Thomas Heywood, and Ben Jonson among them—and was likened to that of the Roman actor Roscius.
www.bloomsbury.com /ARC/detail.asp?EntryID=106484&bid=9   (165 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: Southwark - Dulwich
Alleyn had a major impact on the way Dulwich was run for many years.
Alleyn built a college to help educate 12 poor children, he also made provision for 12 elderly people.
Significantly Alleyn gave the manorial rights and freehold of his land to the College who were then able to block the over development of Dulwich.
www.britannia.com /travel/dulwich.html   (524 words)

  
 X. The Elizabethan Theatre: Bibliography. Vol. 6. The Drama to 1642, Part Two. The Cambridge History of English and ...
Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I. 12 vols.
The Privileges of Southwark, comprised in the Charters granted to the City of London by Edward III., Edward IV., Edward VI., and confirmed by Parliament….
Young, W. The History of Dulwich College, with a Life of the Founder, Edward Alleyn, and an accurate transcript of his Diary, 1617–1622.
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 Well Furlong - The Rose Playhouse - The Globe's rival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1591 Edward (Ned) Alleyn and Richard Burbage were the greatest actors in London, and both were members of an amalgamated group of two acting companies at The Theatre.
Edward Alleyn was born in 1566, the son of a London innkeeper, and joined the acting troupe called Worcester's men when he was about 16 years old.
Alleyn died at the age of 60 in 1626.
wellfurlong.co.uk /theatre/rose1.htm   (1023 words)

  
 The Alleyn Mysteries (an Episode Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In Spring 1948, Inspector Alleyn joins a weekend party at Frantock Hall, where the theft of a priceless chalice and a game of murder that goes horribly wrong prove a severe test of his powers of deduction.
Alleyn investigates how it was done, and by whom.
Alleyn investigates the discovery of a dead body in a drainage ditch outside the home of Percival Pyke Period in the quiet little village of Chalfont Green.
epguides.com /AlleynMysteries/guide.shtml   (492 words)

  
 Dulwich Picture Gallery
Alleyn and his rival, Richard Burbage (1573-1619), whose portrait also hangs in the Gallery, were the most celebrated actors on the Elizabethan stage.
In 1605 Edward Alleyn began to acquire his vast estates in Dulwich, still owned by the charity he founded, the College of God's Gift at Dulwich.
Edward Alleyn had a large collection of portraits which were supplemented in 1686 by a bequest from another actor-manager, William Cartwright (1606-86).
www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk /history/journey1/journey1.aspx?curDay=26&curMonth=10&curYear=2005   (250 words)

  
 Trivia for Shakespeare in Love (1998)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Reference is made to Edward Alleyn on a promotional leaflet for one of Shakespeare's plays at the beginning of the film.
Edward Alleyn, an actor in Shakespeare's time, ('Ned' in the film, played by Ben Affleck) was the real-life founder of the famous London private secondary schools Dulwich College and Alleyn's School.
Producer Edward Zwick was initially supposed to direct the film when Universal was involved; when Miramax finally went ahead with the project, Zwick was already working on _Siege, The (1998)_ and was unavailable.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0138097/trivia   (1147 words)

  
 Alleyn, Edward articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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Alleyn, Edward ALLEYN, EDWARD [Alleyn, Edward], 1566-1626, English actor.
Although he managed the Rose Theatre, Bankside, London, and the Fortune Theatre, Cripplegate, London, he is best remembered for his association with his son-in-law Edward Alleyn and the Admiral's Men.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/00360.html   (148 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Drama is very dear to our hearts, as befits a school whose founder, Edward Alleyn, was the actor super star of the Shakespearian age.
The National Youth Theatre began life at Alleyn's and it is set to return once the building is opened.
Alleyn's Junior School is abuzz with after school and lunchtime clubs reflecting the interests of children, staff, volunteer parents and friends.
www.alleynsjunior.org.uk   (532 words)

  
 fbfriendsassociates
How Alleyn found the money to make that noble foundation is only one of the many points which remain "behind the Curtain of the Dark." Henslowe reports two more Alleyns, Charles, and Richard, and amongst Anthony Bacon's letters are at least six from Godfrey Alleyn.
Browne is now a common name, yet we may note that Edward Alleyne's step-father was a Browne, that Richard Browne was one of the company of actors who beyond seas to perform their plays, and that Henry Browne was a faithful servant friend to whom Bacon left a legacy.
It remains briefly to commend to the reader's notice the history of the Donne family, one of whom married a daughter of Edward Alleyne; another of whom was secretary to Bacon's warm friend, Lord Ellesmere.
www.sirbacon.org /fbfriendsassociates.htm   (3736 words)

  
 Alleyns Today
Alleyn's School is now one of the leading independent co-educational day schools in the country and was, in 1976, the first in South London.
In 1619 Edward Alleyn provided for the education of twelve poor scholars.
There are currently 925 pupils in the school with boys and girls in broadly equal numbers, and 246 at Sixth Form level.
www.alleyns.org.uk /School_today   (128 words)

  
 Marlowe, Christopher: free web books, online
His other known plays are: The Jew of Malta; Edward the Second, an English history play about the fall of Edward II and the accession of Edward III; and The Massacre at Paris, portraying the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre in 1572.
Marlowe's plays were enormously successful, thanks in part, no doubt, to the imposing stage presence of Edward Alleyn.
Marlowe's plays were the foundation of the repertoire of Alleyn's company, the Admiral's Men, throughout the 1590s.
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /m/marlowe/christopher   (282 words)

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