Sunday 11 April 2021

11 April, 1597 - Belin Dun

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

Henslowe writes: Aprell 159711 | 11 | tt at belendon | 01 | 00

In modern English: 11th April, 1597 ... total at Belin Dun ... £1 [i.e. 20 shillings]

A highwayman portrayed in Richard
Head's The English Rogue (1666)
Today, the Admiral's Men performed Belin Dun, their lost play about the notorious robber who terrorized the highways around Dunstable during the reign of King Henry I; you can read more about this play in the entry for 10 June, 1594.

The company has waited nearly a fortnight to try Belin Dun again after its surprise return over Easter. The results are solid but do not suggest overwhelming joy. 


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