Here's what the Admiral's Men performed at the Rose playhouse on this day, 424 years ago...
Henslowe writes: ye 26 of desembȝ 1595 ... R at barnardo ... lviijs
In modern English: [27th] December, 1595 ... Received at Barnardo ... 58 shillings
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| Portrait of a couple by an unknown French artist, c.1610 |
Wow! Barnardo and Philametta has until now received truly dreadful box office implying that it was unappealing to audiences on an epic scale. But today, the Christmas holiday season has given the play a huge audience, representing an almost full theatre. Clearly Christmastime was all about going to see plays, regardless of quality.
What's next?
There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 28 December was a Sunday in 1595 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 29th for more Christmas shows and a new play. 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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