20 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 19 of septmbȝ 1594 ... R at phillipo & hewpolyto ... xiiij^s vj^s

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

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.

Less than a week has gone by and the players have rushed Philippo and Hippolito back to the stage, for no obvious reason. Its box office continues its slow, gradual decline and can now fairly be described as terrible. Yet here it is again. Why?

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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