20 April, 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: y^e 20 of ap^rell 1596 ... R at the Jewe ... xx^s  

In modern English: 20^th April, 1596 ... Received at The Jew ... 20 shillings

Caravaggio's portrait of the Grand

Master of the Knights of Malta,

1607-8.

Today, the Admiral's Men 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.

This is the second Marlowe play in a row, following the performance of Dr Faustus yesterday. However, as with Faustus, the legendary status of this play is not equaling the size of its audience, which is unimpressive. 

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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