24 October, 1595 - The Wonder of a Woman

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 23 of octobȝ 1595 ... R at the wonder of a womon ... xxiij^s 

In modern English: [24^th ] October, 1595 ... Received at The Wonder of a Woman ... 23 shillings.

Artemesia Gentileschi, Allegory of
Fame (early 1630s)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Wonder of a Woman, which they had premiered last week. You can read more about this lost play in the entry for 16 October.

For its second outing, The Wonder of a Woman has received extremely poor box office, suggesting that word of mouth was terrible. The company must be very disappointed.

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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