21 June, 1597 - A Humorous Day's Mirth

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

Henslowe writes: 21 | tt at the comodey of vmers... | 03 | 00

In modern English: 21^st [June, 1597] ... total at The Comedy of Humours ... £3 [i.e. 60 shillings]

Today, the Admiral's Men revived their 

A classic image of a
melancholic, from
Robert Burton's Anatomy
of Melancholy (1622)

Comedy of Humours, which is almost certainly another name for George Chapman's A Humorous Day's Mirth. You can read more about this eccentric comedy in the entry for 11 May. 

This is extraordinary! After a minor dip on its last performances, A Humorous Day's Mirth has surged back and once again has drawn an enormous crowd. This play is becoming the most popular ever recorded in the Diary.

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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