13 January, 1595 - A Knack to Know an Honest Man

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 13 of Jenewary 15945 ... R at the knacke ... xxxiij^s

In modern English: 13^th January, 1595 ... Received at The Knack ... 33 shillings

Two  Young Venetian Men (anon., 1515)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived A Knack to Know an Honest Man, their comical moral romance set in Venice. You can read more about this play in the entry for 23rd October.

The company has waited less than a week before bringing back A Knack to Know a Knave, and its box office, while only average for the Rose, is much better than it has seen for a while. There is still life in this play.

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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