10 June, 1596 - The First Part of Tamar Cam

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 10 of June 1596 ... R at  tambercame ... xxviij^s

In modern English: 10^th June, 1596 ... Received at Tamar Cam ... 28 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Tamar Cam, a lost play that told of war and wizardry during the exploits of the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan; you can read more about it in the entry for 28th April 1592.

The company seems to be on a roll of performing Tamar Cam once a week, and this week's box office is a bit higher than last time. And the players have a plan to boost it higher... tune in tomorrow to find out how!

Persian illustration of Hulagu Khan (the likely inspiration for Tamar Cam) and his Christian wife

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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