24 January, 1596 - Pythagoras

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 23 of Jenewary 1595 ... R at pethagorus ... xxxvj^s 

In modern English: [24^th] January [1596] ... Received at Pythagoras ... 36 shillings

Pythagoras as portrayed in Raphael's
The School of Athens (1509-11)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Pythagoras, their lost play about the Greek philosopher. You can read more about this play in the entry for 16 January

This is the second performance of Pythagoras, after its debut last week. Attendance has dropped sharply after the excellent premiere, but the Rose is still half-full suggesting that a decent level of interest remains.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 25th January was a Sunday in 1596 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 26th - 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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