17 January, 1595 - Caesar and Pompey

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 18 of Jenewary 1594 ... R at seaser ... xxv^s 

In modern English: [17^th] January, 1595 ... Received at Caesar ... 25 shillings

Detail from Caesar Contemplating
the Head of Pompey
by Tiepolo (1746)

Today, the Admiral's Men returned to Caesar and Pompey, their retelling of the civil war that erupted in Ancient Rome between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. You can read more about this play in the entry for 8th November.

This play is still relatively new, but the company has still waited nearly a month after its last performance before restaging it; perhaps this betrays a lack of confidence in it. Its box office today is higher than its last outing, but that was during the lean times of Advent.

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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