22 November, 1595 - Olympio and Eugenio

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 22 of novmbȝ 1595 ... R at  olempo ... iiij^s vj^d

In modern English: 22^nd November, 1595 ... Received at Olympio ... 4 shillings and sixpence

Portrait of Two Friends by Pontormo (1524)

Today, the Admiral's Men performed their play Olympio and Eugenio, which may or may not have been the same play as Seleo and Olympo (you can learn more about them in the entry for 4 September).

The Admiral's Men have ignored this play for six weeks. Finally, they have returned it to the stage, but it has returned one of the worst box office figures ever recorded at the Rose. Surely it must be time to give up on this play?!

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 23 November was a Sunday in 1595 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 24th for a week that will include two new plays. 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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