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Record Number: 4751


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The play was finished after a long summer of hard work on 24 August: they sat in an arbour to read it with an audience of Marguerite Sheldon and Knoblock's agent Miss Kauser but as they both read badly they didn't give it a fair hearing.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

24 Aug 1912

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Fontainebleau

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/editor/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

Marguerite Bennett, Edward Sheldon, Miss Kauser


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

Milestones

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

1912

Provenance

owned
own manuscript


Source Information:

Record ID:

4751

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

185

Additional Comments:

Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock are reading

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett, (London, 1974), p. 185, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4751, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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