27 June, 1597 - Captain Thomas Stukeley

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

Henslowe writes: 27 | m^r pd | tt at stewtley ... | 00 | 14

In modern English: 27^th [June, 1597] ... Master paid ... total at Stukeley ... 14 shillings

1629 Portuguese illustration of the Battle of Alcazar

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Captain Thomas Stukeley, their tale about the titular English mercenary's adventures in Ireland, Spain and Morocco, and his death at the Battle of Alcazar. You can read more about this play in the entry for 10 December, 1596.

The company is continuing with its rule of  performing Stukeley only once a month. After a relatively successful Whitsuntide performance in May, today's is back in the doldrums. 

Today's entry 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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