Wednesday 4 November 2020

4 November, 1596 - Doctor Faustus

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

Henslowe writes: ye 4 of novmbȝ 1596 ... R at doctor fostes ... xvijs

In modern English: 4th November, 1596 ... Received at Doctor Faustus ... 17 shillings

Faustus summoning Mephistopheles: from the
1616 text of the play 
Today, the Admiral's Men revived Dr Faustus, Christopher Marlowe's famous tragedy about a scholar who sells his soul to the devil. You can read more about it in the entry for 2 October.

After a relatively successful performance a week ago, the company has rushed Dr Faustus back to the stage, but today's mediocre box office is more typical of the fortunes of this over-familiar play. 


Henslowe links



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