10 July, 1596 - The Blind Beggar of Alexandria

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 5 of July 1596 ... R at the beager ... xvij^s

In modern English: [10^th] July, 1596 ... Received at The Beggar ... 17 shillings

Beggars in Alexandria; an undated photograph
from Brooklyn Museum's Lantern Slide Collection

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Blind Beggar of Alexandria, a comedy by George Chapman about a master of disguise. You can read more about this play in the entry for 12 February.

For a long time The Blind Beggar has been a reliable provider of large audiences, but no more: like the previous outing, this performance is disappointing.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow, because 11 July was a Sunday in 1596 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 12th. 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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