22 August, 1594 - The Ranger's Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 20 of aguste 1594 ... R at the Rangers comodey ... xiiij^s vj^d

In modern English: [22^nd] August, 1594 ... Received at The Ranger's Comedy ... 14 shillings and sixpence

An Elizabethan hunting scene; one
of the possible subjects of this play

Today, the Admiral's Men revived their lost Ranger's Comedy. We do not know what this play was about, as the word could refer to a gamekeeper, a rake, a wanderer, or an organizer of troops. You can read more about it in the entry for 2 April.

The Ranger's Comedy continues to receive terrible box office. The company has been leaving it unperformed for longer and longer intervals, this time avoiding it for over three weeks, but absence most definitely does not make Londoners' hearts grow any fonder toward this play.

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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