26 September, 1595 - The New World's Tragedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 25 of septmbȝ 1595 ... R at the worldes tragedy ... xxxviij^s 

In modern English: [26^th] September, 1595 ... Received at The World's Tragedy ... 38 shillings

Walter Raleigh attacking Trinidad in 1595, by
Theodore de Bry (1595)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived a lost play that Henslowe calls The World's Tragedy, but was probably in fact called The New World's Tragedy and may have been about a calamitous event in the Americas. You can read more about this play in the entry for 17 September.

The New World's Tragedy had a very successful premiere, but its second performance is a bit of a disappointment, filling only half the theatre. Word of mouth may not have been strong.

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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