3 October, 1595 - Olympio and Eugenio

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 3 of octobȝ 1595 ... R at  olempeo ... xv^s 

In modern English: 3^rd October, 1595 ... Received at Olympio ... 15 shillings

Portrait of Two Friends by Pontormo (1524)

Today, the Admiral's Men performed their play Olympio and Eugenio, which may or may not have been the same play as Seleo and Olympo (you can learn more about them in the entry for 4 September).

Whatever its identity, this play has not been revived for a month, and today's terrible box office suggests that it wasn't worth the effort.

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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