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13 February 1667

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Theatre: no theater listed
Theatrical Season: 1666-1667
Volume: 1
Comments: Pepys, Diary: Discoursed most about plays and the Opera, where, among other vanities, Captain Cooke had the arrogance to say that he was fain to direct Sir W. Davenant in the breaking of his verses into such and such lengths, according as would be fit for musick, and how he used to swear at Davenant, and command him that way, when W. Davenant would be angry, and find fault with this or that note--but a vain coxcomb I perceive he is, though he sings and composes so well. But what I wondered at, Dr Clerke did say that Sir W. Davenant is no good judge of a dramatick poem, finding fault with his choice of Henry the 5th, and others, for the stage, when I do think, and he confesses, The Siege of Rhodes as good as ever was writ

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    *p -none Comment. *c -none <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: Discoursed most about plays and the Opera, where, among other vanities, $Captain Cooke= had the arrogance to say that he was fain to direct $Sir W. Davenant= in the breaking of his verses into such and such lengths, according as would be fit for musick, and how he used to swear at Davenant, and command him that way, when W. Davenant would be angry, and find fault with this or that note--but a vain coxcomb I perceive he is, though he sings and composes so well. But what I wondered at, $Dr Clerke= did say that Sir W. Davenant is no good judge of a dramatick poem, finding fault with his choice of <i>Henry the 5th</i>, and others, for the stage, when I do think, and he confesses, <i>The Siege of Rhodes</i> as good as ever was writ.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1667 02 13 none Comment.*c1667 02 13 none <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: Discoursed most about plays and the Opera, where, among other vanities, $Captain Cooke= had the arrogance to say that he was fain to direct $Sir W. Davenant= in the breaking of his verses into such and such lengths, according as would be fit for musick, and how he used to swear at Davenant, and command him that way, when W. Davenant would be angry, and find fault with this or that note--but a vain coxcomb I perceive he is, though he sings and composes so well. But what I wondered at, $Dr Clerke= did say that Sir W. Davenant is no good judge of a dramatick poem, finding fault with his choice of <i>Henry the 5th</i>, and others, for the stage, when I do think, and he confesses, <i>The Siege of Rhodes</i> as good as ever was writ.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 505 | 16670213 | none | <i>Pepys, Diary</i>: Discoursed most about plays and the Opera, where, among other vanities, $Captain Cooke= had the arrogance to say that he was fain to direct $Sir W. Davenant= in the breaking of his verses into such and such lengths, according as would be fit for musick, and how he used to swear at Davenant, and command him that way, when W. Davenant would be angry, and find fault with this or that note--but a vain coxcomb I perceive he is, though he sings and composes so well. But what I wondered at, $Dr Clerke= did say that Sir W. Davenant is no good judge of a dramatick poem, finding fault with his choice of <i>Henry the 5th</i>, and others, for the stage, when I do think, and he confesses, <i>The Siege of Rhodes</i> as good as ever was writ

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