11 April, 1597 - Belin Dun

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

Henslowe writes: Ap^rell 1597 | 11 | 11 | tt at belendon | 01 | 00

In modern English: 11^th April, 1597 ... total at Belin Dun ... £1 [i.e. 20 shillings]

A highwayman portrayed in Richard

Head's The English Rogue (1666)

Today, the Admiral's Men performed Belin Dun, their lost play about the notorious robber who terrorized the highways around Dunstable during the reign of King Henry I; you can read more about this play in the entry for 10 June, 1594.

The company has waited nearly a fortnight to try Belin Dun again after its surprise return over Easter. The results are solid but do not suggest overwhelming joy. 

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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