A larger image of the Johannes Vingboons 'view' that Michael Robinson was so kind to point out. http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=29838...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jun 2, 2009 9:39 pm
http://royalsociety.org/event.asp?id=8566 "Homes of the Royal Society" walking tour Saturday 6 June 2009 at 2:00pmPublic Lecture Event Type: Public Lecture ...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Jun 2, 2009 10:52 pm
Wonderful picture! Thank you to both Terry and Michael - wish I could see the exhibition A.S....
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jun 4, 2009 9:30 am
I fear this will only work for those in the UK, but Radio 4's 'In Our Time' this morning was all about the trial of Charles I. You can listen again here:...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Jun 4, 2009 10:00 am
Witch bottle is uncorked to discover spellbinding content Simon de Bruxelles Take a small heart-shaped piece of leather, a handful of iron nails, eight brass...
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Susan Thomas
susan.thomas@...
Jun 4, 2009 10:24 am
Fascinating! Wonder if any of Sam's circle ever did this? And obviously not something confined to the kitchen and the nursery - that is - the women's world:...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jun 4, 2009 5:42 pm
Phil, Beeb sez "Outside the UK you can use RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to play programmes." The site prefers RealPlayer, so there we are; and thanks for...
Bathurst, Ralph (1619/20-1704), dean of Wells and college head, was born at Hothorpe, Northamptonshire, the fifth of thirteen sons and four daughters of...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Jun 20, 2009 12:36 pm
Mordaunt, John, first Viscount Mordaunt of Avalon (1626-1675), royalist conspirator, was born on 18 June and baptized on 20 June 1626 at Lowick,...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 5, 2009 5:50 am
I am Charles Elmore and I need a physical description of PEPYS before I audition for a play in Oklahoma City, Ok. on July 10-11. It would be helpful if I...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jul 5, 2009 9:00 am
Hi Charles, If you can tell us about the research you've already done, and what you've found out, maybe someone here can help you fill in any crucial gaps. ...
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Jenny Doughty
britinme
Jul 5, 2009 2:22 pm
Google images is your friend, Mr Elmore. http://tinyurl.com/lzd47v Jenny...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jul 5, 2009 4:30 pm
A turn of events showing one way the 21st century differs from the 17th. - Terry Foreman A Plantation to Be Proud Of By SARAH VOWELL Published: July 4, 2009 ...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 5, 2009 5:54 pm
Thanks, Jenny ... From: Jenny Doughty <jmdought@...> Subject: RE: [pepysdiary] acting auditions To: pepysdiary@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 5,...
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Michael Robinson
robinsonmf
Jul 5, 2009 6:14 pm
... A link to the National Portrait Gallery (London) collections index, shows the Halys portrait of 1666 and the Closterman portrait of the 1690's: ...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 5, 2009 6:20 pm
Thanks, Michael. I think the play calls for Pepys at an age between 40-45. Those portraits greatly assist me in my research. Charles "Shawn" Elmore ... From:...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jul 7, 2009 4:31 am
On the occasion of the opening of Chicago's Sears Tower's viewing boxes 1,353 feet above the street below, The NYTimes story on the strength of glass...
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Peter Easton
phe_tryagain
Jul 13, 2009 5:50 pm
Most of you will be aware of the current 'art' event happening in Trafalgar Square http://www.oneandother.co.uk/. Like, many, I can't help wondering what I...
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charlesseris
Jul 18, 2009 12:24 pm
New arrival at this brilliant site. I fear this question has been asked (and answered) before but I can't find it in search... On the main diary entries,...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 18, 2009 7:27 pm
I wrote about two weeks ago regarding an audition for the part of Samuel Pepys for the Oklahoma City Community Theatre called Carpenter's Square Troupe. Thanks...
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Charles Reiss
charlesseris
Jul 18, 2009 10:28 pm
Edward Kynaston did exist - see his entry in Wikipedia. Don't know about Chas II prime ministers but there is a great novel about actors and actresses of that...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jul 19, 2009 12:24 am
Shawn, There were no PM's until decades later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom Sir Edward Hyde (Earl of Clarendon) was Lord...
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Terry Foreman
thforeman
Jul 19, 2009 12:43 am
I wrote about two weeks ago regarding an audition for the part of Samuel Pepys for the Oklahoma City Community Theatre called Carpenter's Square Troupe. Thanks...
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Jenny Doughty
britinme
Jul 19, 2009 2:43 am
Yes - Diana Norman has written a couple of books set in this period, and all are very well researched and written....
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Alan Bedford
moonlgt29645
Jul 19, 2009 1:21 pm
Ned Kynaston was a real person - one of the last great men playing female leads in Restoration theater. He is the subject of the (somewhat fictionalized) 2004...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 20, 2009 7:44 am
Thanks, Jenny for the author referral...I will look her up. Shawn Elmore ... From: Jenny Doughty <jmdought@...> Subject: RE: [pepysdiary] help,...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 20, 2009 7:53 am
Terry, You need to correct Jeffry Hatcher who wrote "Compleat Female Stage Beauty". He lists Hyde as a prime minister in his 50's. BYW: If any in the yahoo...
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Charles Elmore
charles_elmo...
Jul 20, 2009 7:57 am
Thanks Terry. ... From: Terry Foreman <terry.foreman@...> Subject: Re: [pepysdiary] help, please, to access information in emailed diary entries ...
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Phil Gyford
gyford
Jul 20, 2009 8:20 am
Hi Charles, I'm afraid this isn't possible using the emails for a variety of technical reasons. The best solution might be to click the date title at the top...