6 July, 1597 - The Life and Death of Martin Schwartz

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

Henslowe writes: 6 | tt at life & deth of martin swarte ... | 02 | 10

In modern English: 6^th [July, 1597] ... total at Life and Death of Martin Schwartz ... £2 and 10 shillings [i.e. 50 shillings]

Today, the Admiral's Men revived The Life and Death of Martin Schwartz, their lost historical drama about the bold German mercenary who fought for Lambert Simnel, a pretender to the English crown, during the Wars of the Roses. You can read more about this play in the entry for 30 June. 

The Siege of Neuss, where Martin
Schwartz made his name

The company has waited a week to return Martin Schwartz to the stage and the box office is slightly higher! This is a positive sign, suggesting solid word of mouth from the premiere.

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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