29 October, 1595 - The Disguises

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 27 of octobȝ 1595 ... R at the desgyses ... xix^s 

In modern English: [29^th] October, 1595 ... Received at The Disguises ... 19 shillings

Lorenzo Lippi, Woman with a Mask
(The Allegory of Deception), 1650

Today, the company revived The Disguises, a lost play about... disguises. You can read more about it in the entry for 2 October.

After its disastrous last performance, the company has waited two and a half weeks to revive The Disguises. Today's performance has drawn a somewhat larger crowd, but is still not impressive. 

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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