7 June, 1596 - Crack Me This Nut

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 7 of June 1596 ...  m^r pd ... R at cracke me this nvtte ... xxviij^s

In modern English: 7^th June, 1596 ...  Master paid ... Received at Crack Me This Nut ... 28 shillings

Dessert Still Life by Georg Flegel (1566-1638)

Today, the Admiral's Men returned to Crack Me This Nut. We know nothing about the content of this lost play, but you can read more about it in the entry for 5th September, 1595.

The company has waited a month to restage Crack Me This Nut, and, like a lot of performances at the Rose of late, its box office has risen, perhaps as a result of summer sun.

Today's entry also includes a note that Henslowe paid the license for the Rose to the Master of the Revels; you can read more about this in the entry for 8 November, 1595.

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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