23 November, 1594 - The Grecian Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 23 of novmbȝ 1594 ... R at the greasyon comody ... x^s 

In modern English: 23^rd November, 1594 ... Received at The Grecian Comedy ... 10 shillings.

The Love of Helen and Paris
by Jacques-Louis David (1789)

Today, the company returned to The Grecian Comedy. We know nothing about this play beyond its title, although Henslowe sometimes calls it The Grecian Lady, which adds a tiny bit more information; you can read more about it in the entry for 5 October.

The Grecian Comedy continues to draw extremely small audiences. It is odd to see the players abandoning a perfectly solid play like Diocletian yesterday, while continuing to stage this one, which has never drawn a large crowd.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because November 24 was a Sunday in 1594 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 25th for a week that will include a new play. See you then!

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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