6 July, 1594 - Belin Dun

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 6 of Julye 1594 ... R at bellendon ...  xxxiiij^s 

In modern English: 6^th July, 1594 ... Received at Belin Dun ... 34 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.

It has been only four days since the last - very successful - performance of Belin Dun and the players are rapidly bringing it back to the stage. It's receipts today were a comfortable average, which suggest that the play was not dwindling in popularity as it had seemed to be doing last week.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 7 July was a Sunday in 1594 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on 8 July for a week that will include a brand new play among the familiar repertory.

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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