Old Vic, LondonThe London diarist's long-suffering wife, Bess, takes centre stage in this laboriously well-intentioned pieceWhat are we to make of Samuel Pepys, the 17th-century diarist who chronicled his life with a frankness that, even today, has the power to startle? A brilliant administrator who rose to become chief secretary to the admiralty, Pepys describes his bowel movements and the capriciousness of his erec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AM on September 30, 2018