20 June, 1597 - Hieronimo

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

Henslowe writes: midsomer daye | 20 | tt at Joronemo ... | 00 | 14

In modern English: 20^th [June, 1597] ... total at Hieronimo ... 14 shillings 

Woodcut from the 1615 edition of The Spanish Tragedy.

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Hieronimo, which is almost certainly an alternate title for Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, a famous and much-loved old play about the revenge of a grieving father for his son's death. You can read more about this play in the entry for 14th March, 1592.

For some reason, Henslowe writes "Midsummer Day" next to today's entry, but this is a mistake; the holiday is on the 24th.

The company has again waited about three weeks to return this classic to the stage. The box office is nothing to write home about. 

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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