6 November, 1596 - The Blind Beggar of Alexandria

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 6 of novmbȝ 1596 ... R at the beager ... xxx^s

In modern English: 6^th November, 1596 ... Received at The Beggar ... 30 shillings

Beggars in Alexandria; an undated photograph
from Brooklyn Museum's Lantern Slide Collection

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Blind Beggar of Alexandria, a comedy by George Chapman about a master of disguise. You can read more about this play in the entry for 12 February.

This is the first outing for the immensely popular Blind Beggar since the re-opening of the Rose. Today's audience represents a half-full theatre, which is not bad in what is proving to be a rather lean period. 

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow, because 7 November was a Sunday in 1596 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 8th. 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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