21 March, 1597 - Alexander and Lodowick

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

Henslowe writes: 20 | tt at elexsander & lodovicke ... | 00 | 17 

In modern English: [21^st March, 1597] ... total at Alexander and Lodowick ... 17 shillings

A very generic illustration accompanying the
printed text of the ballad of The Two Faithful
Friends: The Pleasant History of Alexander
and Lodowick

Today, the Admiral's Men revived Alexander and Lodowick, a lost play about two friends who swap places. You can read more about this play in the entry for 14 January. 

Alexander and Lodowick had been doing very well, but today's box office is a sudden drop in profits. Have Londoners suddenly lost interest or is it just a rainy day?

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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