24 February, 1595 - The French Doctor

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

Henslowe writes: y^e  24 of February 1594 ... R at the frensh doctor ... xxxxxiiij^s 

In modern English: 24^th February, 1595 ... Received at The French Doctor ... 54 shillings

A French Physician, by
Matthew Darly, 1771

Today, the players revived again their lost play about a doctor from France. We know very little about this play, which was probably a comedy; you can read more in the entry for 19 October.

Whoah! This is a huge surprise! The French Doctor, despite normally being one of the more unpopular plays in the company repertory, has today attracted an extremely large crowd. What could have suddenly caused this?

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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