15 March, 1597 - Captain Thomas Stukeley

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

Henslowe writes: 15 | tt at stewtley ... | 01 | 05  

In modern English: 15^th [March, 1597] ... Received at Stukeley ... £1 and 5 shillings [i.e. 25 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.

This is the first performance of Stukeley after the short Lenten break. Surprisingly, the box office has slowly been climbing over the last two performances; perhaps the play is aging like fine wine. 

What's next?

The Admiral's Men are performing only intermittently during the season of Lent, and there will now be a three-day hiatus. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 19th with a new play!

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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