13 December, 1596 - Captain Thomas Stukeley

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

Henslowe writes: y^e 14 of desembȝ 1596 ... R at stewtley ... xxxx^s 

In modern English: [13^th] December, 1596 ... Received at Stukeley ... 40 shillings

1629 Portuguese illustration of the Battle of Alcazar

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Captain Thomas Stukeley, their tale about the 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.

This is the second outing for Stukeley, which premiered just a few days ago. The box office for its debut performance was disappointing for a first night, but today's is exactly the same, which is less disappointing in relative terms. It at least suggests good word of mouth, even though theatregoing clearly isn't very popular at this time of the year.

What's next? 

There will be no blog entry tomorrow because Henslowe records no performance, for unknown reasons. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 15th. See you then!

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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