2 August, 1594 - Philippo and Hippolito

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 3 of aguste 1594 ... R at phillipo & hewpolito ... xxx^s

In modern English: 2^nd August, 1594 ... Received at Philippo and Hippolito ... 30 shillings

wo Young Men by Crispin van den Broeck, c.1590

Henslowe's dates have gotten out of sequence again, but it'll only last a couple of days this time.

Anyway, today the Admiral's Men once again returned to Philippo and Hippolito, their enigmatic lost play about two men of that name. You can read more about this play in the entry for 9 July.

Despite their shift to performing the still newish Philippo and Hippolito only once a week, the players continue to receive a solidly average audience for it. They probably think of it as one of their success stories.

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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