10 February, 1597 - Captain Thomas Stukeley

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

Henslowe writes: 10 | tt at stewtley ... | 00 | 18  

In modern English: 10^th [February, 1597] ... Received at Stukeley ... 18 shillings

1629 Portuguese illustration of the Battle of Alcazar

The season of Lent is now underway, but the players are keeping going. 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 has waited three weeks to return Stukeley to the stage. The box office is slightly higher than last time, but still unimpressive. The Lenten season has had no obvious effect, for better or for worse.

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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