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. He was born in Bishopsgate, London, the son of an innkeeper. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Elizabethan theatre is a general term covering the plays written and performed publicly in England during the reign (1558 - 1603) of Queen Elizabeth I. The term can be used more broadly to also include theatre of Elizabeths immediate successors, James I and Charles I, until the closure of public... Dulwich College gates Dulwich College is an independent, fee-paying public school in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London, United Kingdom. ... Alleyns School Alleyns School is an independent co-educational day school situated in Dulwich, south London. ... Looking north from a pedestrian bridge across Bishopsgate Bishopsgate, in the heart of Londons financial district. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Edward Alleyn

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. Image File history File links Edward_alleyn. ... Image File history File links Edward_alleyn. ... William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester (c. ...

In the 1590s Alleyn's career reached its peak, his imposing stage presence making him ideally suited to the Marlovian roles of Faustus, Barabas and Tamburlaine, which were probably created especially for him. 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. An anonymous portrait in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, often believed to show Christopher Marlowe. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary Barabás is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. ... An anonymous portrait, often believed to show Christopher Marlowe. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England, Queen of France (in name only), and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ...

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. 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." Benjamin Jonson (circa June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ... Thomas Nashe (November 1567–1600?) was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist. ... Thomas Heywood (died approx. ... Proteus as seen by Andrea Alciato In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the Old Man of the Sea[1], whose name suggests the first, as protogonos is the firstborn. He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony (Odyssey... Quintus Roscius Gallus (c. ...

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. 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. Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... Philip Henslowe (c 1550 - January 6, 1616) was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur. ... The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. ... The Fortune Theatre is the name of two very different theatres Fortune Theatre, England The 20th Century Venue The Fortune Theatre located in Russell Street, Covent Garden in London, was opened in 1924 and stands on the site of the old Albion Tavern. ... This Elizabethan theatrical company was first known as the Lord Howards Men, named after their patron Charles Howard. ... John Stow (c. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... James VI and I (James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. ... The Tower of London, seen from the River Thames, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ...

Alleyn's connection with Dulwich began in 1605, when he bought the manor of Dulwich from Sir Francis Calton. The landed property, of which the entire estate had not passed into Alleyn's hands earlier than 1614, stretched from the crest of that range of Surrey hills 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. 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. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1605 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Thomas Fuller (1608 - August 16, 1661) was an English churchman and historian. ... Dulwich College gates Dulwich College is an independent, fee-paying public school 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. 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. 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. Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... The Statute of Mortmain were two enactments, in 1279 and 1290 by King Edward I of England aimed at preserving the kingdoms revenues by preventing land from passing into the possession of the Church. ... The Star Chamber was an English court of law at the royal Palace of Westminster that began sessions in 1487 and ended them in 1641 when the court itself was abolished. ... Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist but is best known for leading the scientific revolution with his new observation and experimentation theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since. ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ...

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. 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." Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting an office, a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ...

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. 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. A portrait of the actor is on display at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... John Donne (pronounced Dun; 1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, the representative of the metaphysical poets of the period—though the name itself came after his death. ... The Dean of St Pauls is the head of the Chapter of St Pauls Cathedral in London, England and an extremely influential position in the Church of England. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... The Borough or Southwark is an area of the London Borough of Southwark situated 1. ... The nave Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge. ... Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, London. ...

Trivia

Alleyn appears in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love played by Ben Affleck. He is portrayed as a stereotypically 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". He later redeems himself by advising Shakespeare to change the name to suit the focus of the play. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 motion picture. ... Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American film actor and an Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Harold Perrineau Jr. ... The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, commonly referred to as Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare concerning the fate of two young star-crossd (ill-fated) lovers. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Note

1. ^ 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.