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...
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...
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. ...
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 ...
... A link to the National Portrait Gallery (London) collections index, shows the Halys portrait of 1666 and the Closterman portrait of the 1690's: ...
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:...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thanks, Charles I wonder if anyone in the Pepys group has any knowledge of Lorenzo Da Ponte, who I consider the Pepys of the 17th century (although he wasn't a...
How do I get to the blog that records a daily entry from Pepys' diary. I read that this website was awarded best new blog in the recent past. Shawn ... From:...
To Charles/Shawn Elmore - Lorenzo Da Ponte was an interesting man indeed. He was actually a man of the 18th and 19th centuries, not the 17th (1749-1838). He...
I knew he moved to the United States. Some of his family moved to New Orleans and I had a student in Moore Ok that was his great great grandson. In his...
Anne (1665-1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland, was born at St James's Palace, Westminster, on 6 February 1665. She was the fourth child and second...
Michael, terrific reminder! Do you think at least some of that should be posted to the Diary entry of her birth date? (I haven't checked 6/2/1665 recently, but...
