John Evelyn in London - 9 January, 1662
from Diary of John Evelyn, 9 January 1662, page 126:
[January] 9 I saw acted the <2>d part of the "Seige of Rhodes": In this acted the faire and famous Comoedian call'd Roxolana for that part she acted, & I think it was the last; then taken to be the E. of Oxfords Misse (as at this time they began to call lew'd women) it was in Recitativa Musique.
cite as
John Evelyn, Diary of John Evelyn, 9 January 1662. In De la Bédoyère, Guy (ed.), The Diary of John Evelyn (Woodbridge, 1995), p. 126. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1408443213370 accessed: 20 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| recitative | performed by Roxalana |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 9 January, 1662 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:13:33 +0100