| Evidence: | 'And there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday; and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as "The Maiden Queen" or "The Indian Imperour", of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me is wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the "Illustr. Bassa".' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 20 Jun 1668 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 23 Oct 1640 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | wife of Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Madame de Scud?ri |
| Title: | Ibrahim, ou L'illustre Bassa |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1641 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 14907 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 247 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 9, p. 247, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14907, accessed: 29 March 2023 | |
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