3 July, 1594 - The Massacre at Paris

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 3 of Julye 1594 ... R at the masacer ... xxxj^s

In modern English: 3^rd July, 1594 ... Received at The Massacre ... 31 shillings.

Henri, Duke of Guise, the villain of the play. 

Today, the Admiral's Men revived again Christopher Marlowe's play about the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 16th century Paris; you can read more about this play in the entry for 26 January, 1593.

The Massacre at Paris is holding steady, with a second average box office receipt in a row after it was last staged a week ago. The play is no Jew of Malta, but it's chugging along.

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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