Henslowe writes: R at Jeronymo the1322 maye 1592 ... xxvijs
In modern English: Received at Hieronimo, 25th May, 1592 ... 27 shillings
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| Woodcut from the 1615 edition of The Spanish Tragedy. |
After its very popular staging during the Whitsuntide holiday, today's performance was much weaker. In previous entries, I have wondered whether The Spanish Tragedy tended to receive higher box office when it was performed the day after its companion piece, The Spanish Comedy. The data had seemed to be suggesting that it did. However, today's poor performance, despite coming a day after the Comedy, would seem to suggest that there was no real connection. Oh well, it was worth asking the question...
- Tuesday, 14th March - 71 shillings (performed the day after the Comedy)
- Monday, 20th March - 38 shillings (performed as an individual play)
- Friday, 31st March - 60 shillings (Easter Week; performed the day after the Comedy)
- Friday, 7th April - 26 shillings (performed as an individual play)
- Friday, 14th April - 33 shillings (performed as an individual play)
- Monday, 24th April - 28 shillings (performed one working day after the Comedy, but with Sunday interrupting)
- Tuesday, 2nd May - 34 shillings (performed as an individual play)
- Thursday, 11th May - 26 shillings (performed as an individual play)
- Monday, 15th May - 64 shillings (Whitsuntide; performed as an individual play)
- Thursday, 25th May - 27 shillings (performed the day after the Comedy)
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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