Sunday 19 May 2019

19 May, 1595 - Seleo and Olympo

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

Henslowe writes: ye 179 of maye 1595 ... R at  olimpo ... xxiijs 

In modern English: 19th May, 1595 ... Received at Olympo ... 23 shillings


Portrait of Two Friends by Pontormo (1524)
Today, the Admiral's Men revived Seleo and Olympo, a lost play about which we know nothing at all except that it must have been about two men.You can read more about it in the entry for 5 March.

The audiences for Seleo and Olympo continue to shrink - it does not seem that it will ever be a big hitter.

Henslowe links





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