9 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: not pd 10 9 | tt at lodwicke ... | 01 | 16 

In modern English: 9^th [March, 1597] ... total at Lodowick ... £1 and 16 shillings [i.e. 36 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 have 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. The crossed-out "not paid" will be explained in a few days. 

Alexander and Lodowick continues to be a success story, maintaining once again a half full playhouse despite its last performance being only four days ago. The company must be very pleased with this new play.

What's next?

The company is performing only intermittently during the Lenten season and there will now be a two-day break. Henslowe's Diary ... as a Blog! will thus return on the 12th March. 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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