12 January, 1596 - Chinon of England

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 12 of Jenewary 1595 ... R at chynon of Jngland ... l^s

In modern English: 12^th January, [1596] ... Received at Chinon of England ... 50 shillings

The Knights of the Round
Table, from the Compilation
arthurienne de Micheau
Gonnot (1470)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Chinon of England, their lost Arthurian drama about a fool who becomes a knight. You can read more about this play in the entry for 3 January.

The company has wasted little time in returning Chinon to the stage, and word of mouth has clearly been good, because the audience size is just as big as it was at the premiere.

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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