Sunday 16 September 2018

16 September, 1594 - The Venetian Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: ye 15 of septmbȝ 1594 ... R at the venesyon comodey ... xxxvjs vjd

In modern English: [16th] September, 1594 ... Received at The Venetian Comedy ... 36 shillings and sixpence

The Quack Doctor by Pietro Longhi (late
18th century)
Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Venetian Comedy, a play about which we know nothing beyond its title. You can read more about this play in the entry for 27 August.

The Venetian Comedy continues to attract solid rather than remarkable audiences, despite having been staged only three times now. While it is doing better than most of the older plays in the repertory, it is not doing as well as most new plays have done.


Henslowe links



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