Monday 18 January 2021

18 January, 1597 - That Will Be Shall Be

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

Henslowe writes: ye 18 of Janewary 1597 ... R at that wilbe shalbe ... xvs 

In modern English: 18th January, 1597 ... Received at That Will Be Shall Be ... 15 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men revived That Will Be Shall Be, an enigmatic lost play. You can read more about this play in the entry for 30 December, 1596.

The company is continuing to perform That Will Be Shall Be more than once a week, but its box office has now collapsed. Perhaps it has already become over-familiar. 


A female archer tries to take down a war elephant. The man on the
right appears to share the sentiments of this play's title.
From the Smithfield Decretals (c.1340)



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