24 May, 1596 - Pythagoras

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 22 of maye 1596 ... m^r pd ... R at pethageros ... xxvij^s 

In modern English: [24^th] May, 1596 ... Master paid ... Received at Pythagoras ... 27 shillings

Pythagoras as portrayed in Raphael's
The School of Athens (1509-11)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Pythagoras, their lost play about the Greek philosopher. You can read more about this play in the entry for 16 January

The players have waited three weeks to revive Pythagoras. Interestingly, over the last few performances the box office for this play has been rising slightly, rather than falling, an unusual thing to see in the Diary.

Today's entry also includes a note that Henslowe paid the license for the Rose to the Master of the Revels; you can read more about this in the entry for 8 November, 1595.

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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