London's Rose Theatre

1592

Philip Henslowe's Rose Theatre on Bankside was staging Christopher Marlowe's plays and paying crowds of apprentices and gentlemen a penny for the pit. Henslowe's meticulous diary survives as one of the richest sources for Elizabethan theatrical finance. Rival companies and playwrights circled the new London play business. Henslowe's diary, recording payments, wages, and receipts, provides an irreplaceable window into Elizabethan theater no other source matches.