5 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 5 of June 1596 ... R at  tambercame ... xxviij^s

In modern English: 5^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 has waited just over a week to bring back Tamar Cam and the box office has risen a little.

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

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 6th June was a Sunday in 1596 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 7th, for a week that will include a new(ish) 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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