21 April, 1596 - Longshanks

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 21 of ap^rell 1596 ... R at longshancke ... xiiij^s  

In modern English: 21^st April, 1596 ... Received at Longshanks ... 14 shillings

Portrait of Edward I in
Westminster Abbey

Today, the Admiral's Men returned to Longshanks, their lost play about King Edward I of England; you can read more about it in the entry for 29 August, 1595.

This is another disappointingly small audience for a once-popular play. One cannot help feeling that the Admiral's Men need to work on some new titles to keep their audience from drifting away.

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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