6 April, 1597 - That Will Be Shall Be

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

Henslowe writes:  6 |  tt at what wilbe & shalbe ... | 00 | 07

In modern English: 6^th [April, 1597]  ... total at What Will Be and Shall Be ... 7 shillings 

Today, the Admiral's Men staged That Will Be Shall Be, an enigmatic lost play about which you can read more in the entry for 30 December, 1596.

This play has not been seen at the Rose since its re-opening a month ago. The box office continues to be dreadful; perhaps this one will be for the chop soon.

A female archer tries to take down a war elephant. The man on the
right appears to share the sentiments of this play's title.
From the Smithfield Decretals (c.1340)

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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