19 August, 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 17 of auguste 1594 ... R at the masacer... xx^s 

In modern English: [19^th] August, 1594 ... Received at The Massacre ... 20 shillings 

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

Today, the Admiral's Men revived again Christopher Marlowe's tragedy 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.

As with Philippo and Hippolito on Saturday, The Massacre at Paris is a once strong play that has been gradually slipping over the weeks. The players are now in a groove of reviving it once every week and a half,  but interest continues to slide. Christopher Marlowe's magic touch is not holding.

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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