23 August, 1594 - Galiaso

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 21 of aguste 1594 ... R at galiaso ... xxj^s vj^d 

In modern English: [23^rd] August, 1594 ... Received at Galiaso ... 21 shillings and sixpence

A Spanish galleass, one possible subject of this
play. From Ships Through the Ages by Frederick
Leonard King (1934)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived their lost play Galiaso. We do not know what this play was about, as its title could refer to many historical and fictional figures, or even to a kind of ship. You can read more about it in the entry for 28 June.

The players are continuing with their pattern of performing Galiaso once every week and a half. But it continues to struggle at the box office. The players have had some recent successes with new plays, refreshing their repertory with Tasso's Melancholy and Mahamet,  but the older repertory seems to have lost its drawing power.

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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