Record Number: 31644
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[The first two pages of these minutes (pp. 103–4) are missing from the scans.
They will have begun: ‘Meeting held at 39 Eastern Avenue 31st May 1941
A. B. Dilks in the chair’]
[...]
4. We adjourned for refreshment.
5. The evening was devoted to a reading of “George and Margaret” by Gerald
Savory. The Star performance was undoubtedly Edith Smith as Beer, the dumb
domestic. The other players being:
Gladys ... Margaret Dilks
Malcolm ... Howard Smith
Alice ... Muriel Stevens
Dudley ... Roger Moore and/or Knox Taylor
Frankie ... Isabel Taylor
Claude ... Bruce Dilks
Roger ... Frank Pollard
'
1900-1945
Date:14 Jul 1941
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 39, Eastern Avenue
(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:Female
Date of Birth:1886
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:George and Margaret
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:31644
Source:Manuscript
Author:Margaret Dilks
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:105
Additional Information:
Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 105, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31644, 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).