25 February, 1596 - Chinon of England

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 24 of febreary 1595 ... R at chinone ... lvj^s

In modern English: [25^th] February, [1596] ... Received at Chinon ... 56 shillings

The Knights of the Round
Table, from the Compilation
arthurienne de Micheau
Gonnot (1470)

It's Ash Wednesday, a public holiday and the traditional beginning of the forty days of Lent. The Admiral's Men have revived Chinon of England, their lost Arthurian drama about a fool who becomes a knight. You can read more about this play in the entry for 3 January.

Although London is now embarking upon the fasting-time, its people are taking the opportunity of the holiday to have some fun at the theatre, and Chinon has attracted a very large crowd!

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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