8 July, 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 8 of July 1596 ... R at  2 p of tambercame ... xxiij^s

In modern English: 8^th July, 1596 .... Received at Second Part of Tamar Cam .. 23 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.

Just over a week after the last performance of The Second Part of Tamar Cam, the company is now experimenting with the play on its own, instead of the day after the first part. This has had no significant effect on box office, however, which remains mediocre.

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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