29 October, 1594 - The French Doctor

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

Henslowe writes: y^e  28 of octobȝ 1594 ... R at the frenshe docter ... xv^s 

In modern English: 29^th October, 1594 ... Received at The French Doctor ... 15 shillings

A French Physician, by
Matthew Darly, 1771

Today, the players revived again their lost play about a doctor from France. We know very little about this play, which was probably a comedy; you can read more in the entry for 19 October.

The company's experiment with returning this old play to the stage does not seem to have paid off. The lacklustre revival ten days ago has been followed by a worse showing today. Someone has blundered.

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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