14 September, 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 13 of septmbȝ 1594 ... R at phillipo & hewpolyto ... xx^s

In modern English: [14^th] September, 1594 ... Received at Philippo and Hippolito ... 20 shillings

Two 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.

A week and a half after its last performance, Philippo and Hippolito continues to be one of the most frequently performed plays at the Rose this year. But its box office also continues to shrink upon each reappearance.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 15th September was a Sunday in 1594, and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 16th, for a week that will include one new 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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