Record Number: 32901
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘Someone has lent me two of Tchekof’s [Chekhov]'s plays—"The Sea-gull" and "The Cherry Orchard". The first I have read twice and am very struck with it—for its truth and its well drawn characters. I must read the other again before I decide, but it will probably not please me so much … Hauptmann’s "Sunken Bell" is good, but not very good, I think … We are expecting Zeps tonight as there is a rumour of four somewhere about. But Chelmsford is a straggly place and probably not easy to spot.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Sep 1915 and 30 Sep 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Chelmsford
Essex
(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:28 Aug 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Seagull
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:32901
Source:Ivor Gurney
Editor:R. K. R. Thornton
Title:Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:44
Additional Comments:
Letter to Ethel Voynich late September 1915, Chelmsford, Essex
Citation:
Ivor Gurney, R. K. R. Thornton (ed.), Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters, (Manchester, 1991), p. 44, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32901, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
There is no record of Gurney reading "The Cherry Orchard" in the same volume.
