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    Diary of Samuel Pepys, The

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    Samuel Pepys personified the spirit of his age both at its greatest and at its less worthy. Nothing failed to interest him. He lived his life with verve and gusto and abiding enthusiasm. Those qualities permeated this Friday night BBC series featuring a distinguished adaptation of perhaps the most famous and best-kept diary of all time by Colonel A. R. Rawlinson.

    A robust portrayal by Peter Sallis. coupled with Susan Maryott’s sensitive rendering of Mrs Pepys, highlighted a production achievement of consummate skill. Douglas Wilmer played Charles II and David Peel was the Duke of York, later James II.

    The series – which debuted on Friday 7 March 1958 – followed Pepys from the age of 27 to 36 when, on the death of his wife Elizabeth, he gave up his diary and flirtations and eventually became Secretary of the Admiralty where he became known as the “Father of the Royal Navy” because of the campaign he waged to build up a powerful naval fleet.

    When the series began in 1660, Master Samuel was dwelling in Axe Yard, Westminster, and earning £50 per year as an Exchequer clerk while General Monk (“a man who can keep his own counsel”) was marching on London and demanding the dissolution of the Rump Parliament and calling for free elections.

    With 162 speaking parts, The Diary of Samuel Pepys was one of the largest BBC productions to date.

    Samuel Pepys
    Peter Sallis
    Elizabeth Pepys
    Susan Maryott
    William Hewer
    Alan Rowe
    Lady Castlemaine
    Diana Fairfax
    Duke of York
    David Peel
    King Charles II
    Douglas Wilmer
    Lord Montagu/Lord Sandwich
    Manning Wilson
    Sir William Coventry
    Paul Eddington
    Duke of Albemarle
    John Arnatt
    William Bowyer
    Howard Lamb
    Sir William Penn
    Anthony Newlands
    John Evelyn
    John Sharplin
    John Pepys
    Frederick Peisley
    Duchess of York
    Jill Carey
    Nell Gwynne
    Sheila Brennan
    Prince Rupert
    Hedley Colson
    Bishop of London
    John Dunbar
    Pall Pepys
    Patricia Heneghan
    Duke of Buckingham
    Robert James
    Viscount Brouncker
    Wensley Pithey
    Lady Jemima Sandwich
    Gina Sheil
    Lord Clarendon
    Peter Stephens
    Lady Sandwich
    Josephine Wilson

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