22 October, 1594 - Doctor Faustus

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 21 of octobȝ  1594 ... R at docter ffostus 1594  ... xxxiij^s 

In modern English: [22^nd] October, 1594 ... Received at Dr Faustus, 1594 ... 33 shillings

Faustus summoning Mephistopheles: from the
1616 text of the play 

Today, the Admiral's Men staged Christopher Marlowe's famous tragedy Dr Faustus, in which a scholar summons a demon and sells his soul to the devil. You can read more about this play in the entry for 2 October.

The company has waited a fortnight before bringing back Dr Faustus. They may be disappointed that on its third outing, it has already become an average play, rather than the blockbuster one might have expected.

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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