Erection date: 2005
{Carved on the front of the plinth:}
Edward Alleyn, 1566 -1626
{On a plaque attached to the west end of the plinth:}
This statue by Louise Simson was erected by the Dulwich Society by public subscription with contribution from Edward Alleyn’s Foundation, the Dulwich Estate, on behalf of its beneficiaries to commemorate the fourth centenary of Edward Alleyn’s purchase of the Manor of Dulwich in October 1605.
{On a plaque attached to the east end of the plinth:}
Nature, that fram’d us of four elements warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
- Christopher Marlowe
This sculpture depicts a scene on a stage, in which Alleyn is acting with a young boy (executing a 'low five', possibly?). The informs that Alleyn's legs were modelled on Roger Federer's. Another page at the has a description by the sculptor herself of how the sculpture was created. Here we learnt that the breeches are textured with children's finger imprints and that Edward Alleyn's actual ring was used to impress a seal on the sculpted ring on Alleyn's hand.
Site: Dulwich College WW1 memorial and Edward Alleyn (3 memorials)
SE21, College Road, Edward Alleyn House - garden
These memorials are in the garden in front of (to the south of) the almshouses.
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