15 January, 1596 - The Wonder of a Woman

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 15 of Jenewary 1595 ... R at the wonder of a womon ... xxvij^s 

In modern English: 15^th January, [1596] ... Received at The Wonder of a Woman ... 27 shillings

Artemesia Gentileschi, Allegory of
Fame (early 1630s)

Today, the Admiral's Men have chosen to perform The Wonder of a Woman, a lost play that you can read more about in the entry for 16 October.

After its sell-out performance on Boxing Day, The Wonder of a Woman is doing better than it had been before, with an almost half-full theatre.

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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