The Peek with Samuel Pepys

Send a text Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this. Like, literally. It’s the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week. Valentino reaches out to Edward "Ned" Kynaston, star actor of the King's Company, who was once the most revered and adored "boy player" of the pre-actress era. Convinced he can help Ned with modern ideas, he hopes their conversation will be the key to getting back home...no matter how jealous Valentino and Ned's chemistry might make Samuel. But when thin...

Send a text Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this. Like, literally. It’s the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week. Pepys and Valentino attend the opening night performance of The Maiden Queen at the King's Theatre Company, on invite by actress Nell Gwyn. After the show, they encounter many major players in the Restoration Era theatre scene – including King Charles II himself. Rivalries are exposed, old lovers are scorned, and Valentino begins to realize the intricaci...

Send a text Celebrity gossip has NEVER been juicer than this. Like, literally. It’s the 1660s. We just invented celebrities last week. A washed-up, jaded gossip podcast host is transported to 1660s London in the thick of England's Stuart Restoration following a freak matcha-spilling accident. There, he meets the famed diarist Samuel Pepys, whose writings give us a first-hand peek into the world of Restoration theatre and the beginnings of modern celebrity culture. Convinced he needs to ...