22 June, 1596 - The Second 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 20 of June 1596 ... R at  the 2 pte of tambercame ... xxxv^s

In modern English: [22^nd] June, 1596 ... Received at The Second Part of Tamar Cam .. 35 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men performed The Second Part of Tamar Cam, a lost play that dramatized the exploits of the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan;  you can read more about it in the entry for 28th April 1592.

From a 15th century French edition of Marco Polo:
Hulagu (on the left) orders the
imprisonment of the Caliph of Baghdad in his own
treasure-vault to starve.

This is the second performance of Tamar Cam 2 in its new life as a play for the Admiral's Men, and it has received a comfortably large audience, just over the average for the Rose, and very similar to that of The First Part yesterday.  Londoners seem pleased to be able to see the pair on two consecutive days.

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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