20 November, 1595 - The Wonder of a Woman

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 20 of novmbȝ 1595 ... R at wonder of a womon ... xx^s 

In modern English: 20^th November, 1595 ... Received at Wonder of a Woman ... 20 shillings

Artemesia Gentileschi, Allegory of
Fame (early 1630s)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Wonder of a Woman. You can read more about this lost play in the entry for 16 October.

Not long after its premiere, the box office for The Wonder of a Woman is continuing to sink further; it seems to have been a misfire.

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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