Record Number: 19894
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italics] White's [end italics], as means to engage them to subscribe to me, which, to oblige him, many of them did; and, to make it public, Mr [talics] Cibber [end italics] inserted it in a Pamphlet of his own called the [italics] Egotist, or Colley upon Cibber [end italics]'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1739
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
specific address: White's Club
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reading Group: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:To Mr Cibber
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
shown by Colley Cibber
Source Information:
Record ID:19894
Source:Laetitia Pilkington
Editor:A.C. Elias
Title:Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington
Place of Publication:Athens GA
Date of Publication:1997
Vol:I
Page:136
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Laetitia Pilkington, A.C. Elias (ed.), Mempirs of Laetitia Pilkington, (Athens GA, 1997), I, p. 136, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19894, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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