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Record Number: 12133


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'So home and late reading "The Siege of Rhodes" to my wife, and then to bed - my head being in great pain and my palate still down.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

23 Sep 1664

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

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

wife, Elizabeth Pepys


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Davenant

Title:

The Siege of Rhodes

Genre:

Drama, Poetry, opera

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1663

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

12133

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1971

Vol:

5

Page:

278

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1971), 5, p. 278, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12133, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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