16 October, 1594 - Tamburlaine

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 15 of octobȝ  1594 ... R at tamberlen ... xxviij^s 

In modern English: [16^th] October, 1594 ... Received at Tamburlaine ... 28 shillings.

Illustration of the historical Tamburlaine
from Richard Knolles' General History
of the Turks (1603).

Today, the players performed Tamburlaine, Christopher Marlowe's spectacular epic about the bloodthirsty conqueror of Asia. You can read more about this play in the entry for 30th August.

Once again, the Admiral's Men have waited a fortnight before returning Tamburlaine to the stage. Once again, the box office is not as good as one might expect, being merely average for the Rose. Is the conqueror of Asia failing to conquer the London theatre scene?

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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