Here's what the Admiral's Men performed at the Rose playhouse on this day, 424 years ago...
Henslowe writes: ye 10 of novmbȝ 1596 ... R at chinon ... xs
In modern English: 10th November, 1596 ... Received at Chinon ... 10 shillings
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| The Knights of the Round Table, from the Compilation arthurienne de Micheau Gonnot (1470) |
Today, the Admiral's Men revived Chinon of England, their lost Arthurian drama about a fool who becomes a knight. You can read more about this play in the entry for 3 January.
The company seems to have settled on Chinon as one of the plays that it will perform frequently this season - this is the third performance in a fortnight. However, the box office suggests that this is overkill, as only a tiny audience has shown up.
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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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