1 February, 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 j of febreary 1594 ... R at seaser ... xxiiij^s 

In modern English: 1^st February, 1595 ... Received at Caesar ... 24 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.

Caesar and Pompey continues to chug along, solidly but unimpressively. Like many plays that began strongly, it has quickly descended to mediocrity.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow, because 2 February was a Sunday in 1595 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 3rd. 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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