12 May, 1596 - The First Part of Tamar Cam

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 12 of maye 1596 ... R at  tambercame ... xxxxv^s

In modern English: 12^th May, 1596 ... Received at Tamar Cam ... 45 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Tamar Cam, a lost play that told of war and wizardry during the exploits of the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan; you can read more about it in the entry for 28th April 1592.

After a series of small audiences for other plays, the company must be relieved that a large crowd has shown up for this second performance of the newly revived Tamar Cam. Perhaps this experiment is paying off?

Persian illustration of Hulagu Khan (the likely inspiration for Tamar Cam) and his Christian wife

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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