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1616Jan, 6

Philip Henslowe

Philip Henslowe, English businessman (b. 1550)
Philip Henslowe (c. 1550 – 6 January 1616) was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario. Henslowe's modern reputation rests on the survival of his diary, a primary source for information about the theatrical world of Renaissance London.

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