25 September, 1594 - Belin Dun

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 23 of septmbȝ 1594 ... R at bellendon ...  xxvj^s vj^d


In modern English: [25^th] September, 1594 ... Received at Belin Dun ... 26 shillings and sixpence

A highwayman portrayed in Richard

Head's The English Rogue (1666)

Today, the Admiral's Men once again performed Belin Dun, their lost play about the notorious robber who terrorized the highways around Dunstable during the reign of King Henry I; you can read more about this play in the entry for 10 June.

The company has left Belin Dun unperformed for a fortnight, but this has not had much impact on its box office, which remains below average, albeit not catastrophically so.

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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