16 September, 1594 - The Venetian Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 15 of septmbȝ 1594 ... R at the venesyon comodey ... xxxvj^s vj^d

In modern English: [16^th] September, 1594 ... Received at The Venetian Comedy ... 36 shillings and sixpence

The Quack Doctor by Pietro Longhi (late
18th century)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Venetian Comedy, a play about which we know nothing beyond its title. You can read more about this play in the entry for 27 August.

The Venetian Comedy continues to attract solid rather than remarkable audiences, despite having been staged only three times now. While it is doing better than most of the older plays in the repertory, it is not doing as well as most new plays have done.

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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