18 November, 1594 - The French Doctor

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

Henslowe writes: y^e  18 of novmbȝ 1594 ... R at the frenshe docter ... xxvij^s 

In modern English: 18^th November, 1594 ... Received at The French Doctor ... 27 shillings

A French Physician, by
Matthew Darly, 1771

Today, the players revived again their lost play about a doctor from France. We know very little about this play, which was probably a comedy; you can read more in the entry for 19 October.

The company has returned to The French Doctor two weeks after its last performance, and it has done better today than on either of its two previous outings. The results are still not impressive, but they are approaching an average return for the Rose. Are things improving for this play?

What's next?

For some reason, there is no diary entry for tomorrow. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 20th. See you then!

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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