Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project

Grace Loppolo

The Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project is a digital preservation of the works of the actor and founder of the Dulwich College in London, Edward Alleyn, and his father-in-law, Philip Henslowe. The works that this site aim to preserve, are the personal and public documents either belonged to or created by Edward Alleyn.

Many of these files were found in the Dulwich College’s Archive, but a good portion of them were either missing pages, were torn up, or just weren’t legible. With this being the case, documents on this site are displayed either in the form of a photo of the original work, or a rewritten digital copy, sometimes both are offered. Manuscripts and articles are available to view, as well as personal letters from Alleyn. There’s even various entries of his diary found within this vast collection.

Not much is required here, except perhaps some experience using King’s Digital Lab.

This website contains a large quantity of documents not found in other websites, so I would say no other site is quite the same.

You should probably have some understanding of Edward Alleyn and Philip Henslowe prior to using this for research, as background information is not the priority here.