22 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 22 of desembȝ 1595 ... R at the new worldes tragedie ... xx^s 

In modern English: 22^nd December, 1595 ... Received at The New World's Tragedy ... 20 shillings

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 has returned to work for just one day; they are about to take more time off before Christmastide begins. They have chosen The New World's Tragedy, last performed ten days ago. Its mediocre box office suggests that Londoners are still in Advent mode, but this is likely to change when they flock to the theatres during Christmas. The players must be looking forward to that.

What's next?

There will be no blog entries for the next few days, as Henslowe records no performances.  Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on Boxing Day. 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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