Friday 1 February 2019

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: ye j of febreary 1594 ... R at seaser ... xxiiijs 

In modern English: 1st 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!


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