30 June, 1596 - The Second 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 27 of June 1596 ... R at  2 pte of tambercame ... xx^s

In modern English: [30^th] June, 1596 .... Received at Second Part of Tamar Cam .. 20 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men performed The Second Part of Tamar Cam, a lost play that dramatized the exploits of the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan;  you can read more about it in the entry for 28th April 1592.

From a 15th century French edition of Marco Polo:
Hulagu (on the left) orders the imprisonment of the
Caliph of Baghdad in his own treasure-vault to starve.

This is a disappointing day for the company. While The First Part of Tamar Cam is still receiving solid box office, the newly-introduced sequel is slumping. Londoners seem to be enjoying Tamar Cam's early adventures, but are less interested to know what happens next.

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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