Record Number: 11854
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'While my wife dressed herself, Creed and I walked out to see what play was acted today, and we find it "The Sleighted mayde".'
Century:1600-1699
Date:23 Feb 1663
Country:England
Timeafternoon
daytime
city: London
other location: in the street
(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:[playbill]
Genre:Drama, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster, playbill
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:11854
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:56
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 4, p. 56, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11854, accessed: 30 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None