19 September, 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 19 septmbȝ 1595 ... R at the frenshe docto^r ... xvj^s 

In modern English: 19^th September, 1595 ... Received at The French Doctor ... 16 shillings

A French Physician, by Matthew Darly, 1771

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The French Doctor, a lost play that you can read more about in the entry for 19 October, 1594.

This is the first outing for The French Doctor since the company returned to the Rose in mid-August. In the past, this play has always been reliably unpopular and it continues to be that way today, with a thoroughly paltry turnout.

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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