29 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 27 of maye 1596 ... R at chynone ... ix^s

In modern English: [29^th] May, 1596 ... Received at Chinon ... 9 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 a week and a half since the company last performed Chinon, and the play's box office has been on a roller-coaster ride of late. After improve greatly last time, it has plunged into the depths today. You never know what you're going to get with this play.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 30th May was a Sunday in 1596 and players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 31st for the beginning of a holiday week. 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)

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