Viewing Event Record: Henslowe pays Dekker and Chettle for a play called 'the tragede of Agamemnon' [Troilus and Cressida]

Abstract

Henslowe records a payment to Dekker and Chettle for a play called 'the tragede of Agamemnon,' referred to twice earlier as (variations on) 'Troilus and Cressida.'

Date Event Recorded

Date
From: circa 26 May 1599 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Date Event Happened

Date
From: 26 May 1599 (Source of claim: undefined)

Venues

Name
Rose

Troupes

Name
Admiral's Men

People

Name Event Role(s) Document Role(s)
Dekker, Thomas payee playwright
Chettle, Henry payee playwright
Henslowe, Philip payer playhouse manager

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Event Type

  • payment
  • playwright business