11 October, 1595 - The Disguises

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 10 of octobȝ 1595 ... R at the desgyses ... xxix^s 

In modern English: [11^th] October, 1595 ... Received at The Disguises ... 29 shillings

Lorenzo Lippi, Woman with a Mask
(The Allegory of Deception), 1650

Today, the company revived The Disguises, a lost play about... disguises. You can read more about it in the entry for 2 October.

This is the second performance of this new comedy, but the Admiral's Men must be disappointed with it, as it has failed to capitalize on its novelty, and has attained only average box office.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 12 October was a Sunday in 1595 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 13th, for a week that will include a new play. See you then!

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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