Evidence: | 'So to the Custome-house; and there with great threats got a couple [watermen] to carry me down to Deptford, all the way reading "Pompey the Great" (a play translated from French by several notable persons; among other my Lord Buckehurst); but to me is a mean play, and the words and sense not very extraordinary.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Jun 1666 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: in a water taxi on the way to Deptford |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Corneille |
Title: | Pompee: Pompey the Great, a tragedy. As it was acted by the servants of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Translated out of French by certain Persons of Honour |
Genre: | Drama, History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1664. Translated by Lord Buckhurst, Edmund Walker, Sir Charles Sedley, Edward Filmer and Sidney Godolphin |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 14236 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
Vol: | 7 | |
Page: | 176 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 176, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14236, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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