17 March, 1592 - Muly Molocco

Here's what Lord Strange's Men performed at the Rose playhouse on this day, 424 years ago...

Henslowe writes: R at mvlo mvllocco the 17 of marche 1591 ... xxviij^s vj^d 

In modern English: Received at Muly Molocco, 17^th March, 1592 ... 28 shillings and sixpence

1629 Portuguese illustration of the Battle of Alcazar

Today, Lord Strange's Men returned to their fairly popular play Muly Molocco again, which they had last performed two and a half weeks ago. The play was about Abd el-Malik's struggle for the throne of Morocco; you can read more about it in the blog entry for 21st February.

The play continues to hover in the mid-range of box office; its takings so far have been 29, 34 and now 28 shillings.

Henslowe links

• Transcript of this page of the Diary (from W.W. Greg's 1904 edition)
• Facsimile of this page of the Diary (from the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project)

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