28 April, 1597 - Belin Dun

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

Henslowe writes: 28 | m^r pd | R at bellendon | 001 | 00

In modern English: 28^th [April, 1597] ... Master paid ... Received 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 been performing Belin Dun about once a week since its return to the repertory. After a decline last week, today's result is higher again.  

Today's entry also includes a note that Henslowe paid the license for the Rose to the Master of the Revels; you can read more about this in the entry for 8 November, 1595.

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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