2 July, 1596 - Troy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 2 of Julye 1596 ... R at troye ... xxiiij^s 

In modern English: 2^nd July, 1596 ... Received at Troy ... 24 shillings

The sacking of Troy, from the title page of Thomas
Heywood's The Second Part of the Iron Age (c.1613)

Today, the Admiral's Men restaged Troy, their play about the Trojan War. You can read more about this play in the entry for 25 June.

This is the second performance of Troy and it's a disappointment. After a sell-out show for its premiere, the box office has collapsed, with the theatre less than half full. Perhaps the play did not live up to its promising title.

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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