25 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 25 of Jenewary 1594 ... R at the greasyan ... xv^s 

In modern English: 25^th January, 1595 ... Received at The Grecian ... 15 shillings

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

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.

The Grecian Comedy, never very popular, is plummeting to the lower depths after its brief Christmas boost.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow, because 26 January was a Sunday in 1595 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 27th. See you then!

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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