22 April, 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 23 of ap^rell 1595 ... R at the knacke ... lv^s

In modern English: [22^nd] April, 1595 ... Received at The Knack ... 55 shillings

Two  Young Venetian Men (anon., 1515)

Today, as the festivities of Easter Week continue, the Admiral's Men have 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.

The holiday season has enabled a large crowd of Londoners to attend the Rose for this suitably moralistic tale.
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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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