14 May, 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 14 of maye 1596 ... R at the Jewe of malta ... xxiiij^s  

In modern English: 14^th May, 1596 ... Received at The Jew of Malta ... 24 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.

As with The Blind Beggar yesterday, The Jew of Malta has pulled in a slightly larger audience than on its last outing. Perhaps the weather is improving?  

What's next?

There will be no entries for the next two days; for some reason, Henslowe records no performance tomorrow and 16th May was a Sunday. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 17th 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)

Comments?

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