13 July, 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 8 of July 1596 ... R at  j pte of tambercame ... xiiij^s

In modern English: [13^th] July, 1596 ... Received at First Part of Tamar Cam ... 14 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.

In keeping with the stand-alone performance of The Second Part a few days ago, this is a stand-alone performance of Part One. This experiment is not helping the box office at all, though; it's descending rapidly. 

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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