26 November, 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 26 of novmbȝ 1594 ... R at the venecyon comodey ... xiij^s 

In modern English: 26^th November, 1594 ... Received at The Venetian Comedy ... 13 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 it in the entry for 27 August.

The players have waited only a fortnight before restaging The Venetian Comedy - after leaving it an entire month last time - but the renewed confidence was misplaced, as hardly anyone has shown up for it today.

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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