1 November, 1596 - Long Meg of Westminster

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 1 of novmbȝ 1596 ... R at longe meage ... al holanday ... xxxxvij

In modern English: 1^st November, 1596 ... Received at Long Meg ... All Hallow's Day ... 47 shillings

Long Meg, from
a 1750 edition
of the jest-book

Today is All Saints Day, also known as All Hallow's Day, a public holiday. On this special day, the Admiral's Men have returned to Long Meg of Westminster, their play about the Amazonian warrior woman of London legend. You can read more about this play in the entry for 14 February, 1596.

Long Meg has not been seen at the Rose since last year, when its box office had declined to a truly miserable level. But the company has decided to bring it back for this new season, and thanks to the public holiday, a large crowd has arrived to see it. We'll see if it continues to do better than it had. 

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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