Henslowe as a Blog

This was a 5-year blog of the day-by-day records of an Elizabethan theatre run by Philip Henslowe. For the full site, see

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I made an index to the Henslowe blog in case anyone finds that useful! https://t.co/yd60uPNnmN

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@adambcqx @PlaysRep Keep that chainsaw running, Adam! Let the Yorkshire Tragedy be your guide!

[Rory Loughnane @loughnrv]

Thanks to all who stopped by the CADRE (Co-authored Drama in Renaissance England @CADREDB) digital exhibit @SAAupdates in Portland. Interested in contributing an entry? See here for more info: https://t.co/GLm1E8Re9k

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@Freeburian CYMBELINE: EVEN MORE THINGS HAPPEN

[Grace Ioppolo, FSA @ProfShakespeare]

Edward Alleyn’s wooden chest, which kept intact his and Philip Henslowe’s massive archive on their careers in 16th-17th c. London theatre performance and playhouse ownership. The chest and keys are still on display and maintained @DCArchives https://t.co/Uiziv3Q8R0

#Woodensday

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Looking for your next read?

'The Changeling: The State of Play' ed. by Gordon McMullan & Kelly Stage is now available in paperback and 25% off in our #BacktoUni sale!

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This afternoon, the @PlaysRep #AdmiralsMarathon concludes with a reading of The Whore of Babylon, Thomas Dekker's bizarre fairyland allegory of Anglo-Spanish relations! https://t.co/HdIL9E4ehw

[Reading Early Plays (REP) @PlaysRep]

@schoolofnight @CarolineBurgon @HensloweAsaBlog Look at our website. Join us. A bit late for our in-person marathon, but we have many delicious Lord Chamberlain's Men plays on Zoom in weeks to come. Members also have the chance to listen to our archive.

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[Caroline Fay Burgon @CarolineBurgon]

Today is a three play day! The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, The Devil and his Dame, and Hoffman. We’re going to need more biscuits! https://t.co/0S30GozXnR

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This afternoon, @PlaysRep is reading Old Fortunatus, Thomas Dekker’s weird comedy about a man who finds a magic hat. Wish @dnmcinnis were here! 😀#AdmiralsMarathon https://t.co/HdIL9E4ehw

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The premise of the play “Sir John Oldcastle” is “Falstaff was actually a virtuous and devout Protestant!” But that is boring. So the authors have created a fat, sleazy, highway-robbing catholic priest, also called Sir John, who does all the Falstaffy stuff. #AdmiralsMarathon

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This morning at @PlaysRep, we are reading Sir John Oldcastle, the play by Shakespeare’s rivals that sought to redeem the reputation done to Oldcastle by the character of Falstaff! #AdmiralsMarathon https://t.co/HdIL9E4ehw

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The Two Angry Women of Abingdon is quite delightful. It is way, way too long, but not, I think, because Porter is being paid by the word, but because he loves his characters too much and he loves theatre too much, and he loves Oxfordshire too much. Bless him. #AdmiralsMarathon

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This evening, @PlaysRep , broadcasting to you live from Oxford, is enjoying a bit of local colour by reading The Two Angry Women of Abingdon by Henry Porter (1598). https://t.co/HdIL9E4ehw #AdmiralsMarathon

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As far as I can tell, the moral of "Englishmen for My Money" is that Englishmen may be jerks but at least they're not foreigners. 🤷‍♂️ #AdmiralsMarathon

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A lot of of "Englishmen for My Money" is like this: "God’s seker kind, dat’s un fraai meisje." "Ah Venice, Roma, Italia, Francia, Inghilterra, nor all dis orb can show so much bellezza" "Certes, me dink de mine de petite-a de little Anglais, de me matre!" #admiralsmarathon

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This afternoon, @PlaysRep is reading William Haughton's "Englishmen for My Money or a Woman Will Have Her Will", which one of our members describes as "the ultimate funny voices play". https://t.co/HdIL9E4M74 #AdmiralsMarathon

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Anthony Munday's "Robin Hood" plays are a dramatugical disaster. Part 1 one is good fun. But then it overlaps clumsily into Part 2, in which Robin Hood dies in Act 1 to be followed by a humourless four acts about King John and Matilda. Fie on thee, Munday, fie. #AdmiralsMarathon

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In "Robin Hood Part 2" (1598), there's no Sherriff of Nottingham, but Doncaster is a delightfully evil equivalent. Try reading this speech in Alan Rickman's voice... #admiralsmarathon

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Part 1 of 'Robin Hood' ended with the brilliant dramaturgical device of summarizing the plot of Part 2. 🤷‍♂️ #AdmiralsMarathon

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One of the many insane things about Munday's Robin Hood plays is that Friar Tuck keeps randomly speaking in Skeltonics. Wish you were here, @lucycmunro , you might be able to justify this nonsense. #admiralsmarathon