Samuel Pepys’ profile

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• Joined 16th January 2011.
• Last logged in on 16th January 2011.

Last five observations

• To production of The Wits, by Sir William Davenant, The Opera, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1661: “Hello. This is a test. “This is a quote”. 1 2 3. 1^st 2^nd 3^rd. ”
• To Duke's Company production of The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub , by Sir George Etherege, The Great Hall, London, 1666: “That was supposed to be Monday 29 October 1666 ”
• To production of The Wild Goose Chase, by John Fletcher, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1668: “From dinner with Mercer, who dined with us, and wife and Deb. to the King’s house, there to see “The Wild-goose Chase,” which I never saw, but have long longed to see it, being a famous play, but as it was yesterday I do find that where I expect most I find least satisfaction, for in this play I met with nothing extraordinary at all, but very dull inventions and designs.”
• To King's Company production of Aglaura, by Sir John Suckling, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1668: “So home to dinner, and then with my wife and Deb. to the King’s house, to see “Aglaura,” which hath been always mightily cried up; and so I went with mighty expectation, but do find nothing extraordinary in it at all, and but hardly good in any degree.”
• To King's Company production of All Mistaken, or The mad couple, by James Howard, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1667: “I rose soon from dinner, and with my wife and girle to the King’s house, and there saw “The Mad Couple,” which is but an ordinary play; but only Nell’s and Hart’s mad parts are most excellently done, but especially hers: which makes it a miracle to me to think how ill she do any serious part, as, the other day, just like a fool or changeling; and, in a mad part, do beyond all imitation almost. [It pleased us mightily to see the natural affection of a poor woman, the mother of one of the children brought on the stage: the child crying, she by force got upon the stage, and took up her child and carried it away off of the stage from Hart.] Many fine faces here to-day. ”

Last ten changes

• Sir Martin Mar-all, or The Feign'd Innocence, by Jean-Baptiste Moliere
• Sir Martin Mar-all, or The Feign'd Innocence, by Jean-Baptiste Moliere
  production of Sir Martin Mar-all, or The Feign'd Innocence, by Jean-Baptiste Moliere, The Opera, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1667
• Winifred Gosnell
• The Slighted Maid, by Sir Robert Stapylton
  Sir Robert Stapylton
• The Slighted Maid, by Sir Robert Stapylton
  production of The Slighted Maid, by Sir Robert Stapylton, The Opera, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1663
• The Spanish Curate, by John Fletcher and Phillip Massinger
• production of The Spanish Curate, by John Fletcher and Phillip Massinger, Whitefriars, 1661
  The Spanish Curate, by John Fletcher and Phillip Massinger
  Whitefriars
• The Surprisal, by Sir Robert Howard
• Nell Gwyn
• production of The Surprisal, by Sir Robert Howard, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1667
  The Surprisal, by Sir Robert Howard

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