7 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 7 of aguste 1594 ... R at phillipo & hewpolito ... xxix^s

In modern English: 7^th August, 1594 ... Received at Philippo and Hippolito ... 29 shillings

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

Today, the company 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.

Surprisingly enough, the Admiral's Men have revived Philippo and Hippolito a mere five days after its previous performance. This is one of the few plays that they are performing with exceptional frequency.  As with Belin Dun, the other major play of this kind, it's hard to be sure why they are doing this, as the resulting box office is not notably better than that of other plays.

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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