28 January, 1594 - Buckingham

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

Henslowe writes: R at buckengam the 27 of Jenewarye 1593 ... xviij^s 

In modern English: Received at Buckingham, 28^th January, 1594 ... 18 shillings

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham,

one possible subject of this lost play

Today, Sussex's Men revived again their lost play Buckingham, which was probably a tragedy about one of the Dukes of Buckingham from English history; you can read more about it in the entry for 30 December, 1593.

The company has allowed a fortnight to pass without a performance of Buckingham, but this has had no effect on its unimpressive box office, producing an audience slightly smaller than last time.

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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