Read an abridged version of Pepys Diary. Most accounts of 1660s London lift directly from his diary. March 1st 1662 ... thence to the Opera and there saw Rom

Read an abridged version of Pepys Diary. Most accounts of 1660s London lift directly from his diary. March 1st 1662 ... thence to the Opera and there saw Romeo and Julett, the first time it was ever acted [after the Restoration] But it is the play of itself the worst that ever I heard in my life, and the worst acted that ever I saw these people do; .... February 9 1668 Up, and at my chamber all the morning and the office doing business, and also reading a little of “L’escholle des filles,” which is a mighty lewd book, but yet not amiss for a sober man once to read over to inform himself in the villainy of the world.