11 November, 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 novmbȝ 1595 ... R at desgysses ... xv^s 

In modern English: [11^th] November, 1595 ... Received at Disguises ... 15 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.

After receiving a much healthier audience on its last performance, thanks to the holiday of All Saints Day, The Disguises returns back to the doldrums for today's staging.

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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