30 March, 1597 - Guido

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

Henslowe writes: wensday | 30 | tt at gvido | 02 | 14

In modern English: Wednesday, 30^th [March, 1597] ... total at Guido ... £2 and 17 shillings [i.e. 57 shilings]

Guido Cavalcanti, one
of the possible subjects
of this play, in a painting
by Cristofano dell'Altissimo 

Today, the Admiral's Men performed Guido, an enigmatic lost play that might have been about the poet Guido Cavalcanti. You can read more about this play in the entry for 19 March.

This is a splendid day for Guido, which has finally drawn a huge crowd after its disappointing first two performances. The success is no doubt caused by Easter Week, which is bringing festive audiences to Bankside.

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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