9 June, 1597 - Frederick and Basilea

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

Henslowe writes: 9 | tt at fredericke & baselia ... | 01 | 00

In modern English: 9^th [June, 1597] ... total at Frederick and Basilea ... £1  [i.e. 20 shillings]

Today, the Admiral's Men revived

Detail from The Reception of the Ambassadors
in Damascus (anonymous, 1511)

Frederick and Basilea, a lost play that survives only as a 'plot': a list of entrances used to help the actors keep on track. You can read more about this play in the entry for 3 June.

 This is the play's second performance, but after a tepid premiere the box office has halved. Frederick and Basilea does not look likely to be a hit. 

 

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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