19 January, 1597 - Nebuchadnezzar

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 19 of Janewary 1597 ... R at nabucadonyzer ... x^s 

In modern English: 19^th January, 1597 ... Received at Nebuchadnezzar ... 10 shillings

Nebuchadnezzar's dream
of the tree, from
Speculum Humanae
Salvationis, a 15th-
century French manuscript

Today, the Admiral's Men performed Nebuchadnezzar, their Biblical drama about the Babylonian king whose dreams were interpreted by the prophet Daniel. You can read more about this play in the entry for 18 December, 1596. 

The box office for Nebuchadnezzar continues to sink lower and lower. As always, one should remember that it is being performed in an open-air theatre in January during the Little Ice Age. But still, it's the lowest performer of group of plays introduced at the same time. 

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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