A young woman arrives from France in 1650’s London. She is an immigrant, fresh from a convent in Paris
Soon she meets the most promising and gifted young buck on the London scene, Samuel Pepys.
They marry. This is a love match for she has no dowry and he asks for none – a scandal!

Sam's star shines and he soon rises through the social and political ranks of Charles 11nd's London.
While Elizabeth, naïve and sensitive, wonders from her world apart.
Her husband is rich, charismatic, cultured, popular, famous ……and adores women.

The action of the piece takes place on the night of 25th October, 1668 and is set against the backdrop of the raunchy restoration. Elizabeth gives us an intimate portrait of her marriage:  love, commitment, excitement and finally her raging trauma when, in her own house, she witnesses her husband’s infidelity.

Over the flames of a candle, she holds her husband’s diary:
“You will not live through this fire”

Sam & I, originally a commission for the City of London's Tercentenary Pepys Festival, first opened at St Olave's Church in London, where Sam and Elizabeth Pepys worshipped. After a further festival showcase at the National Portrait Gallery, the play began a tour of the UK which has included a special performance at Magdalene College, Cambridge [home to the Pepys Library] for the Samuel Pepys Annual Celebrations.