Thursday 30 January 2020

30 January, 1596 - The Jew of Malta

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

Henslowe writes: ye 29 of Jenewary 1595 ... R at the Jewe of malta ... xxv 

In modern English: [30th] January, [1596] ... Received at The Jew of Malta ... 25 shillings

Caravaggio's portrait of the Grand
Master of the Knights of Malta,
1607-8.
Today, the players revived The Jew of Malta, Christopher Marlowe's satirical comic tragedy. You can read more about this play in the blog entry for 26th February 1592.

The Admiral's Men seem to be settling into a routine of performing The Jew of Malta once every week and a half. But the impressive audiences drawn over its last few performances are now beginning to dwindle.

Henslowe links



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