27 February, 1595 - The French Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 27 of febreary 1594 ... R at the frenshe Comodey ... xxxx^s 

In modern English: 27^th February, 1595 ... Received at The French Comedy ... 40 shillings.

French commedia dell'arte performers,
from a 17th-century engraving by Jacques Callot

Today, the Admiral's Men returned to The French Comedy, a lost play about which we know almost nothing. You can read more about this play in the entry for February 11.  

The company premiered The French Comedy two weeks ago and have only now brought it back for its second performance. As with the premiere, the box office is good but not spectacular; the play is not a disaster, but not setting the theatre scene alight either.

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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