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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.
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.
General Editor, The New Penguin Shakespeare and the Penguin Shakespeare... Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Author of Shakespeare, Actors, and Audiences and others; editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre ...
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portrait of Alleyn at the Dulwich Gallery. 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. His credits include the title roles in Tamburlaine and Dr. Faustus, and Barabas in The Jew of Malta.
Mar 16, 2012 · Edward Alleyn’s legacy and Shakespeare’s theatre. Posted on March 16, 2012 by Sylvia Morris. Edward Alleyn. Most of what we know about the elusive world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre is found in one unique collection of manuscripts.
Thomas Nashe, Pierce Penilesse, 1592. 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 ...
The chief actor of the Admiral’s Men was Edward Alleyn; their manager and effectively their employer until his death in 1616 was Philip Henslowe, whose Diary, covering the years 1592 to 1603, documents the Elizabethan theatre and its organization.
