5 February, 1595 - Mahamet

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 5 of febreary 1594 ... R at mahemett ... xxvj^s

In modern English: 5^th February, 1595 ... Received at Mahamet ... 26 shillings

1629 Portuguese illustration of the Battle of Alcazar

Today, the company returned to Mahamet, which may survive today as The Battle of Alcazar. If so, it was a popular old play that told the story of Abd el-Malik's struggle for the throne of Morocco against the vicious usurper Muly Mahamet; you can read more about it in the entry for 21st February, 1592.

The players have ignored Mahamet for two months before reviving it today (with the previous gap being a month). Its box office today, is fine but unspectacular; the company may be gradually phasing it out.

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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