7 May, 1597 - Uther Pendragon

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

Henslowe writes: 7 | tt at pendragon ... | 00 | 14

In modern English: 7^th [May, 1597] ... total at Pendragon ... 14 shillings

Uther Pendragon and Merlin, from British
Library manuscript Royal 20 A II
(early 14th century)

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Uther Pendragon, a lost play about the father of King Arthur. You can read more about this play in the entry for 29 April.

For its third performance, the company has again rushed Uther Pendragon back to the stage. But the box office is already dismal. The company has not had a mega-hit for a long time, and it seems this play is not the one that will change things.

What's next?

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because 8 May was a Sunday in 1597 and the players did not perform. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 9th for a week that will include a rather special new play. See you then!

 

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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