5 May, 1595 - A Knack to Know an Honest Man

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 5 of maye 1595 ... R at the knacke ... xxiij^s

In modern English: 5^th May, 1595 ... Received at The Knack ... 23 shillings

Two  Young Venetian Men (anon., 1515)

Today, the Admiral's Men have revived A Knack to Know an Honest Man, their comical moral romance set in Venice. You can read more about this play in the entry for 23rd October, 1594.

The company last performed this play two weeks ago during Easter Week, when the holidays crowds produced a large audience. Today's is smaller, reflecting the relative lack of interest in this play during a normal week.
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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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