20 February, 1595 - Long Meg of Westminster

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 20 of febreary 1594 ... R at longe mege ... xxxxviij^s

In modern English: 20^th February, 1595 ... Received at Long Meg ... 48 shillings

Long Meg, from
a 1750 edition
of the jest-book

Today, the Admiral's Men returned to Long Meg of Westminster, their play about the Amazonian warrior woman of London legend. You can read more about this play in the entry for 14 February.

Long Meg premiered a week ago, and today's follow-up performance has attracted a goodly crowd size. Meg is clearly a hit, although not on the scale of the season's greatest success, The Wise Man of West Chester.

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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