Writers&Actors

Edward Alleyn	William Shakespeare	Christopher Marlowe
He was born in  London on Sept.1,1566. Alleyn was an English actor.  He was not known  to have acted in any of   Shakespeare's plays.  In 1586 Alleyn was a well established actor with the  Worcester's Men Co.   In 1590 he was with Lord  Admiral's Men.  During the  plague year he acted with  Lord Strange's traveling  company.  Alleyn married  Joan Woodward.  He left  the stage temporarily and permanently by about   1604.  In 1599 he began construction of the Fortune Theater.  Alleyn and Phillip Henslowe opened it in 1600.  It burned down in 1622,but was rebuilt the following year.  In 1613 Alleyn found the college of God's Gift in Dulwich.  In 1623 his first wife died.  But he was married to a woman named Constance a few months later.  Edward Alleyn died in Dulwich on Nov.25,1626. This is Edward Alleyn. (To top of page)	Shakespeare was born in year 1564.  When he was about age 22 he went to London.  He then became an actor.  He wrote his first play a few years after.  He was criticized by other writers.  During the plague he started to write poems.  Shakespeare became part of "Lord Chamberlain's Men".  William Shakespeare died on April 23,1616.             Here is a picture of William Shakespeare.     Go to prompts	Chris was born in Canterbury on February,1564, two months before Shakespeare.  He was an English poet and dramatist. He was the foremost writer of  tragedy in the English literature before Shakespeare.  On May 30 after supper in a nearby tavern, he was stabbed to death in a quarrel.  Christopher Marlowe died in 1593.        Down here is Christopher Marlowe.