9 October, 1595 - 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 8 of octobȝ 1595 ... R at cracke me this nvtt ... xxvj shillings


In modern English: [9^th] October, 1595 ... Received at Crack Me This Nut ... 26 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.

This is weird: the box office for Crack Me This Nut is a roller-coaster ride. The last performance, only a week and a half ago, packed the theatre, but today the takings a below average for the Rose. Either Londoners don't know what they want, or else it was raining badly today.

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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