Saturday, January 22, 2011

Fops, Wits, Poets, and Actresses of Aphra's cohort

Avid Theater-goer and Diarist Samuel Pepys


Thomas Shadwell, Poet
Thomas Killigrew, wit and dramatist; friend of Aphra;
Court Jester; and the manager of King's Company



James II, Duke of York; Charles II Brother
Elizabeth Barry, Actress;
Mistress to Wilmot

William Wycherly, Dramatist
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, rake, wit
"Moll" Davis, actress; Mistress to Charles II

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