14 October, 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 13 of octobȝ 1594 ... R at bellendon ...  xxij^s

In modern English: [14^th] October, 1594 ... Received at Belin Dun ... 22 shillings

A highwayman portrayed in Richard

Head's The English Rogue (1666)

Today, the Admiral's Men once again 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.

The company has now left the once-reliable Belin Dun unperformed for three weeks before returning to it. The box office continues to slide gradually toward unacceptable levels.

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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