Record Number: 29680
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Rd., 7.X.33.
Henry Marriage Wallis in the chair
1. Minutes of last read & approved
[...]
10. After the interval we read "The Lady with a Lamp" by.[sic]
The parts were taken as follows:—
Mr. Nightingale Sylvanus Reynolds
Mrs. [Nightingale] Ethel C. Stevens
Florence [Nightingale] Elisabeth Alexander
Lord Palmerston Hy. Marriage Wallis
Mr. Sidney Herbert Francis E. Pollard
Mrs. [Sidney Herbert] Dorothy Brain
A Scottish Surgeon George Burrow
Tremayne Victor Alexander
A Nurse Mary Pollard
Another Nurse Edith B. Smith
Purveyor Howard R. Smith'
1900-1945
Date:7 Oct 1933
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Road
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
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 the XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Lady with a Lamp
Genre:Drama, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29680
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:70-74
Additional Information:
Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 70-74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29680, accessed: 17 August 2024
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).