Henslowe writes: R at Bendo & Richardo the254ofmayeJune ... xxxijs
In modern English: Received at Bindo and Ricciardo, 5th June ... 32 shillings
Today, Lord Strange's Men returned to their risque Italian comedy Bindo and Ricciardo. Although this play is lost, the story on which it is based survives, revealing it to be a bizarre comedy about the cunning thief Ricciardo's escape from justice. You can read more about this play in the entry for 4th March.
The company has been performing this play only rarely, and last staged it more than a month and a half ago. Today's box office was rather better than the play had previously achieved, although it remained merely average for the Rose repertory as a whole.
In more exciting news, Henslowe began a new page of his diary today and finally managed to write the date correctly, so he's back in sync with reality again. That's a relief.
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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