Record Number: 14236
Reading Experience:
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.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:23 Jun 1666
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
other location: in a water taxi on the way to Deptford
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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: 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 Details1664. Translated by Lord Buckhurst, Edmund Walker, Sir Charles Sedley, Edward Filmer and Sidney Godolphin
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14236
Source: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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14236, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None