Viewing Event Record: Joan Alleyn reports Robert Browne's death

Abstract

Joan Alleyn writes to her husband Edward Alleyn from London. The plague has almost abated, and all the companies now return to London. Robert Browne of the Boar's Head is dead, 'and died very poor;' she does not think that he went into the country.

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: 21 October 1603 (Source of claim: transcription)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: before 16 October 1603 (Source of claim: transcription)

Venues

Name
Boar's Head

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Alleyn, Joan correspondent
Alleyn, Edward correspondent
Browne, Robert (III) playhouse inhabitant

Event Type

  • company context
  • death
  • plague
  • player context