7 July, 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: 7 | tt at Comodey of vmers... | 01 | 18

In modern English: 7^th [July, 1597] ... total at Comedy of Humours ... £1 and 18 shillings [i.e. 38 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. 

Surprisingly, despite its tremendous box office results, the company has waited two and a half weeks to return A Humorous Day's Mirth to the Rose. Today's box office is considerably lower than last time, but still considerably better than most other plays in the repertory. 

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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