Record Number: 5513
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One has no inclination at all to work or to read seriously ? so I?ve been dipping into an enormous range of stuff ? from Hans Anderson to Boris Godonof.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board ship
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Nov 1913
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Composer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:unknown
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Boris Godonof
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5513
Source:Benjamin Britten
Editor:Donald Mitchell
Title:Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:2 (1939-45)
Page:633
Additional Comments:
Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 173, May 3rd 1939 From letter written to Wulff Scherchen. Britten was on the Cunard White Star ?Ausonia? sailing from Southampton to Quebec.
Citation:
Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London, 1998), 2 (1939-45), p. 633, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5513, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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