13 June, 1597 - Uther Pendragon

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

Henslowe writes: 13 | tt at pendragon ... | 01 | 00

In modern English: 13^th [June, 1597] ... total at Pendragon ... £1 [i.e. 20 shillings]

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

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

This is the last appearance of Uther Pendragon in Henslowe's Diary. That doesn't necessarily mean they will never perform it again (the Diary will come to an end later this year), but the play's box office has never lived up to its exciting premise, so it may be time to say goodbye forever.

Henslowe links

• Transcript of this page of the Diary (from W.W. Greg's sedition)
• Facsimile of this page of the Diary (from the Henslowe-Alleyn Digitisation Project)

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