25 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 25 of novmbȝ 1596 ... R at longe meage ... xj^s

In modern English: 25^th November, 1596 ... Received at Long Meg ... 11 shillings

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

Welcome back! After a mysterious hiatus, the Admiral's Men are back at the Rose to entertain London once more. Today, they 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, 1595.

There has been no nostalgia for the Admiral's Men during their brief absence, however: Long Meg has received a very small audience.  The company desperately needs to excite its audience with some new plays. 

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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