12 December, 1594 - Warlamchester

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 12 of desembȝ 1594 ... R at warlamchester ... xv^s 

In modern English: 12^th December, 1594 ... Received at Warlamchester ... 15 shillings

The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th century
manuscript by Matthew Paris

Today, the Admiral's Men performed again their lost play Warlamchester, which was probably about the martyrdom of St Alban during the Roman persecutions of Christians.You can read more about this play in the entry for 28 November.

The company last performed Warlamchester nearly two weeks ago. Today's performance is yet another marked drop in box office, in a week that has seen small audiences likely caused by the holy season of Advent. Even a play about a saint does not seem to have persuaded the punters to abandon their morals.

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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