Record Number: 28915
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The play arrived yesterday and I read it in the evening (the proper time for plays) with the greatest appreciation.' [...] Some day — if you permit me — I'll send you the copy so you may write your name and mine on the flyleaf.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:18 Feb 1924
Country:England
Timeevening: clearly specified in evidence
Place:city: Bishopsbourne
county: Kent
specific address: Oswalds
(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:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
Master mariner and author
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book, playscript
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent by author
Source Information:
Record ID:28915
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:8
Page:316
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to Allan Monkhouse (playwright, and literary critic of the "Manchester Guardian"), 19 February 1924, Oswalds.
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 8,1923-1924, (Cambridge, 2008), 8, p. 316, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28915, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Although the source text gives no indication of the identity of this text, the internal evidence strongly suggests that it was a play by Monkhouse himself.
