7 November, 1595 - Barnardo and Philametta

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 6 of novmbȝ  1595 ... R at barnardo ... xvij^s 

In modern English: [7^th] November, 1595  ... Received at Barnardo ... 17 shillings

Portrait of a couple by an unknown French artist, c.1610

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Barnardo and Philametta, a lost play on an unknown subject; you can read more about it in the entry for 30 October.

The company has returned to Barnardo and Philametta a week after its premiere, but the box office is disastrous. The company is not having any luck with its new plays this season. I don't know who's writing this stuff but they may need to be fired.

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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