Edward Alleyn (pronounced /ˈælɪn/) (1 September 1566 – 25 November 1626) was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works English Renaissance theatre is English drama written between the Reformation and the closure of the theatres in 1642. Dulwich College is an independent selective fee-paying public school for boys in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London United Kingdom Alleyn's School is an independent, fee-paying co-educational day School situated in Dulwich, South-East London. He was born in Bishopsgate, London, the son of an innkeeper, and baptised at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate. See Bishopsgate Insurance for the Australian insurance company bankrupted in 1982 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate is a Church of England church in the City of London, dedicated to St Botolph.
Known to contemporaries as "Ned", his surname is sometimes spelled Allen or Alleyne. It is not known at what date he began to act, but he certainly gained distinction in his calling while a young man, for in 1583 his name was on the list of the Earl of Worcester's players,[1] and he was eventually rated by common consent as the foremost actor of his time. William Somerset 3rd Earl of Worcester KG (c 1526 - 21 February 1589) was born before 1526 to Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester
In the 1590s Alleyn's career reached its peak, his imposing stage presence making him ideally suited to the Marlovian roles of Faustus and Tamburlaine, which were probably created especially for him. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the Faust story in which a man sells his soul to the devil Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. He retired at the height of his fame around 1598, and it is said that Queen Elizabeth herself requested his return to the stage, which he did until 1604.
Ben Jonson, a critic little prone to exalt the merits of men of mark among his contemporaries, bestowed unstinted praise on Alleyn's acting (Epigrams, No. Benjamin Jonson ( c 11 June 1572 &ndash 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance Dramatist 89). Thomas Nashe expresses in prose, in Pierce Penniless, his admiration of him, while Thomas Heywood calls him "inimitable", "the best of actors," "Proteus for shapes and Roscius for a tongue. Thomas Heywood (early 1570s&mdash 16 August[[ 641]] was a prominent English playwright actor and miscellaneous author whose peak period of activity falls between In Greek mythology, Proteus (Πρωτεύς is an early sea-god one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" whose name suggests the Quintus Roscius Gallus (ca 126 - 62 BC Roman Actor, was born into Slavery at Solonium, near Lanuvium. "
Alleyn inherited property in Bishopsgate from his father. His marriage on the 22nd of October 1592 to Joan Woodward, stepdaughter of Philip Henslowe, eventually brought him more wealth. He became part owner in Henslowe's ventures, and in the end sole proprietor of several profitable playhouses, bear-pits and brothels. Among these were the Rose Theatre at Bankside, the Paris Garden and the Fortune Theatre in St Luke's, the latter occupied by the Admiral's Men, of which Alleyn was the head. The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built after The Theatre ( 1576) the Curtain The Fortune Playhouse is the name of an historic Theatre in London. The Admiral's Men (also called the Admiral's company, more strictly the Earl of Nottingham's Men; after 1603, Prince Henry's Men; after He filled, too, in conjunction with Henslowe, the post of "master of the king's games of bears, bulls and dogs. " On some occasions he directed the sport in person, and John Stow in his Chronicles gives an account of how Alleyn baited a lion before James I at the Tower. John Stow (c 1525&ndash 6 April 1605) was an English Historian and Antiquarian. Lion-baiting is a Blood sport involving the baiting of Lions Antiquity Antiquity has examples of the eternal dream of man's James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central London
Alleyn's connection with Dulwich began in 1605, when he bought the manor of Dulwich from Sir Francis Calton. This article is about Dulwich in London Dulwich South Australia is a suburb of Adelaide. The landed property, of which the entire estate had not passed into Alleyn's hands earlier than 1614, stretched from Sydenham Hill on whose summit now stands the Crystal Palace television transmission tower, to the crest of the parallel ridge, three miles nearer London, known in its several portions as Herne Hill, Denmark Hill and Champion Hill. Sydenham Hill is a hill locality and road situated on the boundary of the London Borough of Southwark and the London Borough of Lewisham, with the road marking Herne Hill is located in the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London. Denmark Hill is an area and road in South London located between Camberwell and East Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. Champion Hill is a football stadium in East Dulwich, London, in the London Borough of Southwark. Alleyn acquired this large property for little more than £35,000. He had barely got full possession, however, before the question how to dispose of it began to occupy him. He was still childless, after twenty years of wedded life. Then it was that the prosperous player, the man "so acting to the life that he made any part to become him" (Fuller, Worthies) began the task of building and endowing in his own lifetime the College of God's Gift at Dulwich. Thomas Fuller (1608 &ndash August 16, 1661) was an English churchman and historian Dulwich College is an independent selective fee-paying public school for boys in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London United Kingdom
All was completed in 1617 except the charter or deed of incorporation for setting his lands in mortmain. Mortmain is a legal term derived from medieval French literally meaning dead hand. Tedious delays occurred in the Star Chamber, where Lord Chancellor Bacon was scheming to bring the pressure of kingly authority to bear on Alleyn with the aim of securing a large portion of the proposed endowment for the maintenance of lectureships at Oxford and Cambridge. For the online trading card game see Star Chamber The Harbinger Saga. Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban KC QC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626 was an English Philosopher, Statesman, and author 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 21st of June 1619. The building had been already begun in 1613.
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. Letters patent are a type of Legal instrument in the form of an Open letter issued by a Monarch or Government, granting an office right His diary shows that he mixed much and intimately in the life of the college. Many of the jottings in that curious record of daily doings and incidents favour the inference that he was a genial, kind, amiable and religious man. His fondness for his old profession is indicated by the fact that he engaged the boys in occasional theatrical performances. At a festive gathering on the 6th of January 1622 "the boyes play'd a playe. "
Alleyn's first wife died on 28th June 1623. On December 3rd of that same year he married Constance, daughter of John Donne, the poet and dean of St Paul's. John Donne (pronounced like done, dʌn 1572 – 31 March 1631 was a Jacobean poet preacher and a major representative of the Metaphysical poets The Dean of St Paul's is the head of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London, England and an extremely influential position in the Alleyn died in November 1626 and was buried in the chapel of the college which he had founded. His gravestone fixes the day of his death as the 21st, but there are grounds for the belief that it was the 25th. In 1610 Alleyn was a member of the corporation of wardens of St Saviour's, Southwark and there is a memorial window to him in the cathedral. Southwark or The Borough is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1 Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the A portrait of the actor is on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Dulwich Picture Gallery is an Art gallery in Dulwich, London.
Trivia
Alleyn appears in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love played by Ben Affleck. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt; August 15 1972 is an American Film Screenwriter, director, actor and older brother of He is portrayed as a self-absorbed actor who agrees to direct and originate the role of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet after being told that the play's title is "Mercutio". Mercutio is a character in William Shakespeare 's famous Tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the He later redeems himself by advising Shakespeare to change the name to suit the focus of the play. William Shakespeare ( baptised
Note
- ^ E. K. Chambers, The Elizabethan Stage, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923; Vol. 2, p. 224.
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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