21 November, 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 21 of novmbȝ 1594 ... R at the knacke ... xx^s

In modern English: 21^st November, 1594 ... Received at The Knack ... 20 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.

A Knack to Know an Honest Man has been doing extremely well of late, bringing in surprisingly large crowds a fortnight ago. However, today was disappointing with a less than half-full theatre. Perhaps the play has peaked.

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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