Monday 18 February 2019

18 February, 1595 - The Second Part of Tamburlaine

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

Henslowe writes: ye 18 of febreay 1594 ... R at the 2 pt of tamberlen ... xxxvjs

In modern English: 18th February, 1595 ... Received at The Second Part of Tamburlaine ... 36 shillings

The mausoleum of Timur (or Tamburlaine)
in Samarkand
Today, the Admiral's Men performed the sequel to Tamburlaine, in which the conqueror of Asia meets his inevitable doom; you can read more about this play in the entry for 19th December.

The company continues to perform the two Tamburlaine plays as a pair on subsequent days. The box office takings for The Second Part are beginning to ebb, becoming closer to those for the original play after outclassing it for some time.

Henslowe links



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