12 December, 1595 - The New World's Tragedy

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 12 of desembȝ 1595 ... R at the new worldes tragedy ... xxxj^s vj^d

In modern English: 12^th December, 1595 ... Received at The New World's Tragedy ... 31 shillings and sixpence

Walter Raleigh attacking Trinidad, by
Theodore de Bry (1595)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived their lost play The New World's Tragedy, which may have been about a calamitous event in the Americas. You can read more about this play in the entry for 17 September.

The company continues to perform The New World's Tragedy every two weeks or so. Like Longshanks yesterday, it has experienced a sudden rise in box office, suggesting a boost in theatregoing at this time.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because Henslowe records no performance for 13th December; neither does he record one for the 14th because that was a Sunday in 1595. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 15th. 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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