Tuesday 5 January 2021

5 January, 1597 - Doctor Faustus

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

Henslowe writes: ye 5 of Jenewary 1597 ... R at docterfostes ... vs

In modern English: 5th January, 1597 ... Received at Doctor Faustus ... 5 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, 1594.

Dr Faustus was last seen at the Rose three weeks ago, and its box office keeps getting worse. There seems to be little mileage left in this old classic. 


Henslowe links



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