15 July, 1594 - Cutlack

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 15 of Julye 1594 ... R at cvtlacke ... xxxv^s

In modern English: 15^th July, 1594 ... Received at Cutlack ... 35 shillings

Illustration of Belinus (or Brennius, it's not clear)
from Holinshed's Chronicles (1577)

Today, the the Admiral's Men revived Cutlack, their play about the eponymous Danish king and his violent intervention into a civil war in ancient Britain. You can read more about this play in the entry for 16 May, 1594.

After possibly having overdosed their audience on Cutlack by staging it once every few days, the Admiral's Men have let it simmer for a week and a half before reviving it again. This tactic seems to have worked, as the box office for this performance has returned to a healthy average.

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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