Who, after watching A Midsummer Night's Dream, called it 'the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life'?
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Correct answer: B. Samuel Pepys
Explanation
Pepys's diary, 29 September 1662 — though he enjoyed the dancing and 'some handsome women'.
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