Sunday 4 November 2018

4 November, 1594 - Tamburlaine

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

Henslowe writes: ye 4 of octobȝ novembȝ 1594 ... R at tamberlen ... xxixs 

In modern English: 4th November, 1594 ... Received at Tamburlaine ... 29 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.

After the strangeness of a fortnight ago, when Tamburlaine received two performances close together, things have returned to normal today, with an average-sized crowd attending the show.

Henslowe links



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