6 March, 1595 - Caesar and Pompey

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 6 of marche 1594 ... R at seaser ... xx^s 

In modern English: 6^th March, 1595 ... Received at Caesar ... 20 shillings

Detail from Caesar Contemplating
the Head of Pompey
by Tiepolo (1746)

Today, the Admiral's Men returned to Caesar and Pompey, their retelling of the civil war that erupted in Ancient Rome between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. You can read more about this play in the entry for 8th November, 1594.

The company has ignored Caesar and Pompey for over a month, but doing so has not increased the public's enthusiasm and it continues to receive mediocre audiences.

What's next?

For unknown reasons, Henslowe records no performances for the next four days. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 10th March. 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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