11 November, 1594 - The Venetian Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 11 of novembȝ 1594 ... R at the venesyon comodey ... xxj^s 

In modern English: 11^th November, 1594 ... Received at The Venetian Comedy ... 21 shillings

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 it in the entry for 27 August.

It's been a month since the players last performed The Venetian Comedy, which had been struggling last time we saw it. Today's box office is better, but not enormously so.

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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