4 October, 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 3 of octobȝ 1594 ... R at the venesyon comodey ... xvij^s 

In modern English: [4^th] October, 1594 ... Received at The Venetian Comedy ... 17 shillings

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.

This is the fifth performance of The Venetian Comedy and its box office has already sunk to disastrous levels. One must assume that it was not funny in the slightest.

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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