14th June, 1592 - The Jew of Malta

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

Henslowe writes: R at the Jewe of malta the 14 of June 1592 ... xxxviij^s

In modern English: Received at The Jew of Malta, 14^th June, 1592 ... 38 shillings

Caravaggio's portrait of the Grand

Master of the Knights of Malta,

1607-8.

Today, Lord Strange's Men performed their satirical comic tragedy The Jew of Malta again, which they had last performed just under a fortnight ago. You can read more about this play in the blog entry for 26th February.

The company has returned to its practice of performing The Jew of Malta once a fortnight, and it has produced a slightly above average box office today. 

• Saturday, 26th February - 50 shillings
• Friday, 10th March - 56 shillings
• Saturday, 18th March - 39 shillings
• Tuesday, 4th April, 43 shillings
• Tuesday,  18th April, 48 shillings and sixpence
• Friday, 5th May, 41 shillings
• Saturday, 13th May, 34 shillings
• Tuesday, 23rd May, 54 shillings
• Friday, 2nd June, 33 shillings
• Wednesday, 14th June, 38 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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