Record Number: 26043
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Last night by a log-fire, I seemed the loneliest most contented man in the world. I was reading Romeo and Juliet and beginning this letter to you. I had a kitten & my terrier Mick, (who shiver and stare at each other) & the wireless muttering and playing music ever so distantly.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jun 1933 and 12 Jun 1933
Country:New Zealand
Timeevening
Place:specific address: Barnswood, Hinds-Mayfield R.D., South Canterbury
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jan 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:New Zealand
Country of Experience:New Zealand
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Romeo and Juliet
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26043
Source:Walter D'Arcy Cresswell
Editor:Helen Shaw
Title:Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:59-62
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Walter D'Arcy Cresswell, Helen Shaw (ed.), Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield, (London, 1984), p. 59-62, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26043, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
This forms part of a letter to Ottoline Morrell ( see 26941 and 26042) dated early June 1933.
