17 May, 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 16 of maye 1596 ... R at chynone ... xxxiij^s

In modern English: [17^th] May, 1596 ... Received at Chinon ... 33 shillings

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

Today, the Admiral's Men 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.

It has been two weeks since the company last performed Chinon, and today's performance is surprisingly successful - previously the play had seemed to be on the way out, but the Rose is half-full today.

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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