15 December, 1596 - Vortigern

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 16 of desembȝ 1596 ... R at valteger ... xxxv^s 

In modern English: [15^th] December, 1596 ... Received at Vortigern ... 35 shillings

Today, the Admiral's Men performed Vortigern

Vortigern in his burning
castle. From a 14th-century
manuscript of Peter of
Langtoft's Chronicle of
England.  

, their play about the legendary British king whose actions brought about the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain. you can read more about this play in the entry for 4th December. 

This is the third performance of Vortigern, and the company has waited just over a week to try it again. The play has received exactly the same box office as last time, which suggests that the audience is not rejecting it, even though the actual amount is not very much (representing a playhouse just over half full) .

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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