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Record Number: 11974


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And after dinner up and read part of the new play of "The Five houres adventures"; which though I have seen it twice, yet I never did admire or understand it enough - it being a play of the greatest plot that I ever expect to see, and of great vigour quite through the whole play, from beginning to the end.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

31 May 1663

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after dinner, before church
daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Tuck

Title:

The Adventures of five houres

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

adapted from the Spanish comedy: Los empenos de seis horas by Don Antonio Coello y Ochoa

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11974

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

4

Page:

165

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11974, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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