Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Walter Clun (died August 2, 1664) was a noted English actor of the seventeenth century. His career spanned the difficult period when the theatres were closed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum, from 1642 to 1660….In the Restoration era, Clun gained particular notice as the Iago to Nicholas Burt’s Othello in the earliest Restoration production of Shakespeare’s play in 1660….Clun may have reached the peak of his career in the title role in Fletcher’s The Humorous Lieutenant; the King’s Company played that drama for twelve days straight when they opened the lavish new Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in 1663. If so, his peak did not last for long: Clun was killed during a robbery near Kentish Town on the night of August 2, 1664. He was wounded in the arm by the thieves, bound hand and foot, and left in a ditch to bleed to death. Samuel Pepys, who had a strong admiration for Clun’s acting, visited the spot of the murder three days after it occurred. He also reminisced in his Diary about Clun’s skill onstage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Clun