31 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 30 of Jenewary 1595 ... m^r pd ... R at the wonder of a womon ... xj^s 

In modern English: [31^st] January, [1596] ... Master paid ... Received at The Wonder of a Woman ... 11 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.

The Wonder of a Woman had been doing better for a while, but returned to the stage after two weeks, its box office is now heading back toward dismal levels.

Today's entry includes a note that Henslowe paid the license for the Rose to the Master of the Revels; you can read more about this in the entry for 8 November.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 1st February was a Sunday in 1596 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 2nd for a week that will include a new play. 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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