30 October, 1594 - A Knack to Know an Honest Man

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 29 of octobȝ 1594 ... R at the knacke to know & oneste man  ... xxxxvij^s

In modern English: [30^th] October, 1594 ... Received at The Knack to Know an Honest Man ... 47 shillings.

Two  Young Venetian Men (anon., 1515)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived A Knack to Know an Honest Man, their comical moral romance set in Venice. You can read more about this play in the entry for 23rd October.

This is the second performance of A Knack to Know an Honest Man. The premiere had received a disappointingly small audience, but things are looking up: today's follow-up performance attracted more people than the first! That almost never happens, and suggests that word of mouth may have been spreading.

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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