22 February, 1595 - 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 22 of febreary 1594 ... R at the gresyan comodey ... xx^s 

In modern English: 22^nd February, 1595 ... Received at The Grecian Comedy ... 20 shillings

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

Today, the players revived 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, 1594.

The players are continuing with their on-off relationship with The Grecian Comedy, this time choosing to wait three weeks before reviving. Despite last time's uptick, this weeks box office is resolutely below average.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 23rd February was a Sunday in 1595 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 24th; 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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