22 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 22 of Julye 1594 ... R at the Jewe of malta ... xxxj^s

In modern English: 22^nd July, 1594 ... Received at The Jew of Malta ... 31 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.

Previously, the players had been performing The Jew of Malta approximately once a week, but they have now ignored it for nearly a fortnight before reviving it today. Perhaps the intention was to encourage a greater desire for it among the regular audience, but today's box office is only a tiny bit higher than the previous outing's.

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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