10 July, 1594 - The Jew of Malta

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 10 of Julye 1594 ... R at the Jewe ... xxvij^s

In modern English: 10^th July, 1594 ... Received at The Jew ... 27 shillings

Caravaggio's portrait of the Grand

Master of the Knights of Malta,

1607-8.

Today, the players once again performed The Jew of Malta, Christopher Marlowe's satirical comic tragedy; you can read more about this play in the blog entry for 26th February 1592.

The players are now settling into a routine of performing The Jew of Malta approximately once a week. Its box office receipts always seem to be solid even if, as today, they are a little below average. The play's reliability is extremely impressive: it is a consistently safe bet, just as it was back in 1592 when Henslowe's records began.

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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