24 July, 1594 - Philippo and Hippolito

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 24 of Julye 1594 ... R at phillipo & hewpolyto ... xxx^s

In modern English: 24^th July, 1594 ... Received at Philippo and Hippolito ... 30 shillings.

Two Young Men by Crispin van den Broeck, c.1590

Today, the Admiral's Men once again returned to Philippo and Hippolito, their enigmatic lost play about two men of that name. You can read more about this play in the entry for 9 July.

The players are slowing up on their frequent performances of this play, having now waited nearly a week before reviving it. This relative pause has had no effect on the play's box office, though, which is identical to the last outing.

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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