2 May, 1595 - Seleo and Olympo

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 2 of maye 1595 ... R at  seleo & olempa ... l^s 

In modern English: 2^nd May, 1595 ... Received at Seleo and Olympo ... 50 shillings

Portrait of Two Friends by Pontormo (1524)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Seleo and Olympo, a lost play about which we know nothing at all except that it must have been about two men.You can read more about it in the entry for 5 March.

The company premiered this play to great success back in March, but the closing of the theatre during Lent has meant that they were unable to play it a second time. Today's revival has attracted a large crowd to the Rose, so the premiere must have inspire positive word of mouth.

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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