27 January, 1596 - The Second Week

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 26 of Jenewary 1595 ... R at the 2 weake ... xxiiij^s 

In modern English: [27^th] January, [1596] ... Received at The Second Week ... 24 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Second Week, which appears to be a sequel to the popular Seven Days of the Week. You can read more about this play in the entry for 23 January.

19th-century Italian bracelet illustrating each of the seven days of
the week with a portrait of the deity associated with it.
From the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 

The company has rushed their sequel back onto the stage after only a few days, but the box office is disappointing, being below the average for the Rose. It seems the sequel will not be as popular as the original.

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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