9 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 9 of maye 1595 ... R at  selyo & olympo ... xxvj^s 

In modern English: 9^th May, 1595 ... Received at Seleo and Olympo ... 26 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 play of Seleo and Olympo is only on its third outing, but audiences have already shrunk to below-average size. This is not a good sign for its fortunes.

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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