Sunday 2 May 2021

2 May, 1597 - A French Comedy

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

Henslowe writes: Maye 1597 | 2 | tt at frenshe comodey ...  | 01 | 00

In modern English: 2 May, 1597 ... total at French Comedy ... £1 [i.e. 20 shillings]

Antoine Watteau, Actors of the
Comédie-Française
(1710s)
Today, the Admiral's Men performed A French Comedy, a lost play. You can read more about this play in the entry for 18 April.

The Admiral's Men must be cursing their ill luck: yesterday's May Day holiday fell on a Sunday when they weren't allowed to perform. Today's staging of A French Comedy is thus just another day in May, and the box office is gradually shrinking. 


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