Pepys’ Shows, via Theatricalia — freshen anew

In reference to a production of ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore on 9^th September 1661, Samuel Pepys noted:

“Thence to Salisbury Court play house, where was acted the first time “‘Tis pity Shee’s a Whore,” a simple play and ill acted, only it was my fortune to sit by a most pretty and most ingenious lady, which pleased me much.”