Record Number: 29193

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

There followed an amusing passage from Ben Jonsons Silent Woman with C I Evans as Morose Geo Burrow as Mute & R H Robson as Truewit.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 May 1928

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Mark Ash

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:

George Burrow

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1870

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Members of XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ben Jonson

Title:

Epicoene, or the Silent Woman

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29193

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Howard Smith

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

179

Additional Information:

Howard Smith was secretary to the XII Book Club 1923-1931. It is likely that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Howard Smith , XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) , private collection , 179, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29193, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).