10 January, 1595 - The Grecian Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 10 of Jenewary 15945 ... R at the greasyon comodey ... xxviij^s 

In modern English: 10^th January, 1595 ... Received at The Grecian Comedy ... 28 shillings

The Love of Helen and Paris
by Jacques-Louis David (1789)

For some reason, Henslowe has started correcting '1594' to '1595' in his entries, but in a few days time he'll give up and return to '1594'. Clarity is not his forte.

Anyway, today, the players revived The Grecian Comedy. We know nothing about this play beyond its title, although Henslowe sometimes calls it The Grecian Lady, which adds a tiny bit more information; you can read more about it in the entry for 5 October.

As with some many of the plays that had been so popular over Christmas, The Grecian Comedy has returned to below-average box office as the holiday audiences dwindle.

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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