Renowned Shakespearean actor and philanthropist.
Also known as Ned Allen. Born London near Bishopsgate and baptised at St Botolphs in 1566. Theatre manager and actor. Owned the Manor of Dulwich and founded the Fortune Theatre in EC1 and almshouses nearby, Dulwich College, and Alleyn's School. Favourite actor of Elizabeth I and James I. Died at home at Dulwich.
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Edward Alleyn
The original buildings of Dulwich College, founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn a...
This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a y...
Good master Edward Alleyn's Fortune Theatre stood on a site near here in 1600.
Southwark Cathedral For over 1,000 years Christians have worshipped here. AD ...
The church has two information boards, both of a standard design, which we wo...
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Charity. John Roan who died in 1644, was Yeoman of Harriers to King Charles I. He bequeathed his estate to educate the town-born children of Greenwich. It owns several properties in Greenwich, the ...
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