stone plaque
Samuel Pepys and Punch's Puppet Show stone plaque
Samuel Pepys · Diarist
Inscription
“Near this spot Punch's Puppet Show was first performed in England and witnessed by Samuel Pepys 1662”
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1633-1703
Life dates
St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, WC2
WC2E
Erected 1962
Society for Theatre Research, British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
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Samuel Pepys
diarist, Secretary of the Admiralty, President of the Royal Society, son of John Pepys, Member of Parliament, and Member of Parliament · (1633-1703)
Punch's Puppet Show
puppet show · (1662-present)
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