10 March, 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 10 of marche 1594 ... R at the knacke ^{frome hence lycensed} ... xxiiij^s

In modern English: 10^th March, 1595 ... Received at The Knack, from hence licensed ... 24 shillings

Two  Young Venetian Men (anon., 1515)

Today, after a mysterious 4-day hiatus, 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.

Today's entry includes an enigmatic note "from hence licensed"; it is not clear whether this refers to the play or the theatre.

Either way, A Knack to Know an Honest Man has returned exactly the same box office three performances in a row - at least it's consistent.

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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