Record Number: 23671

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Reading aloud meant group recitation, which Dylan hated. Chanting a poem in unison one afternoon, he put his hands over his ears and burst out, 'I can't stand it, I can't stand it.' Subsequently he and his fellow pupils were allowed to recite poems of their choice. Standing alongside Mrs Hole, the seven-year-old Dylan annouced he was going to do 'my grave poem', and started to intone: 'Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Mark sorrow on the bosom of the earth...' He ended in stunned silence. His class had no idea he had been quoting Shakespeare's "Richard II".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 27 Sep 1921 and 27 Sep 1926

Country:

Wales

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Swansea

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Dylan Thomas

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 Oct 1914

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

later poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

Wales

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

Richard II

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

23671

Source:

Print

Author:

Andrew Lycett

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Dylan Thomas: a New Life

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

n/a

Page:

22-3

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Andrew Lycett, Dylan Thomas: a New Life, (London, 2003), p. 22-3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=23671, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None