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JOHN LOWIN (1576-16J9)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 78 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:LOWIN (1576-16J9)  , See also:English actor, was See also:born in See also:London, the son of a See also:carpenter . His name frequently occurs in See also:Henslowe's See also:Diary in 16oz, when he was playing at the See also:Rose See also:Theatre in the See also:earl of See also:Worcester's See also:company, and he was at the Blackfriars in 1603, playing with See also:Shakespeare, See also:Burbage and the others, and owning—by 16o8—a See also:share and a See also:half of the twenty shares in that theatre . About 1623 he was one of the managers . He lived in See also:Southwark, and See also:Edward See also:Alleyn speaks of his dining with him in 162o . " See also:Lowin in his latter days kept an See also:inn (the Three Pigeons) at See also:Brentford, where he deyed very old." Two of his favourite parts were Falstaff, and Melanteus in The Maid's Tragedy .

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