Sunday 27 January 2019

27 January, 1595 - Tamburlaine

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

Henslowe writes: ye 27 of Jenewary 1594 ... R at tamberlen ... xxxs 

In modern English: 27th January, 1595 ... Received at Tamburlaine ... 30 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.

The players have waited nearly a month before returning Tamburlaine to the Rose. It is continuing to receive only average box office.

Henslowe links



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