Henslowe writes: ye 15 of novmbȝ 1596 ... R at the vij dayes ... xijs
In modern English: 15th November, 1596 ... Received at The Seven Days ... 12 shillings
Today, the Admiral's Men revived their enigmatic lost play The Seven Days of the Week, about which we know nothing beyond its title. Perhaps it was an anthology of seven short plays, or perhaps it was about the creation of the world. You can read more about it in the entry for 3rd June.
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| 19th-century Italian bracelet illustrating each of the seven days of the week with a portrait of the deity associated with it. From the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
The players have rushed The Seven Days of the Week back to the stage after its successful revival a few days ago. But this seems to be to soon, as only a tiny audience has arrived to see it again.
A mysterious hiatus
There will be no blog entries for the next ten days, as Henslowe records no performances between the 16th and 24th November. We do not know the reasons for this hiatus, although it is interesting to see that when the players return, they will introduce several new plays to the repertory. Perhaps they have realized that their plays are getting stale, and have decided to take the risk of shutting things down in order to focus on line-learning and other preparations.
Whatever the reasons, Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will return on the 25th - see you then!
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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