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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'What a strange Book is Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy"! & how it has been plunder'd! Milton took his Allegro and Penseroso from the Verses at the beginning, Savage his ...Hester Lynch Thrale William ShakespeareTaming of the Shrew, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'He read to-night Mark Antony's Oration very fairly indeed for a boy of his age'Harry Castieau William ShakespeareAnthony and CleopatraPrint: Book
1850-1899'A part reading from the Midsummer Night Dream was then given, nearly all the members present taking part - after that Mr and Mrs Morland read a selection from Macbeth'.XII Book Club membersWilliam ShakespeareMidsummer Night's Dream, APrint: Book
1850-1899'A part reading from the Midsummer Night Dream was then given, nearly all the members present taking part - after that Mr and Mrs Morland read a selection from Macbeth'.Harold J. Morland William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1850-1899'A part reading from the Midsummer Night Dream was then given, nearly all the members present taking part - after that Mr and Mrs Morland read a selection from Macbeth'.Adelaide Morland William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1850-1899'The programme included [...] a Shakespearean reading in the garden from the Tempest in which many members and some visitors took part'Members of the XII Book Club, and guestsWilliam ShakespeareTempest, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'F.J. Edminson read an able and interesting paper on "The Tempest".'Frederick J. Edminson William ShakespeareTempest, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 30 September 1797: '... this took a strange turn when I was about nine years old. I had been reading the historical plays of...Robert Southey William Shakespeare[history plays, particularly Henry VI, Parts I and...Print: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, the progr...Helen Rawlings William ShakespeareCymbelinePrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, the progr...Pattie Stansfield William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, the progr...T.T. Cass William ShakespeareTaming of the Shrew, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, the progr...Mrs Cass William ShakespeareTaming of the Shrew, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'At 8pm, there is a very good St George's Day concert by D-Block. They read extracts from the works of Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke and Kipling, as well as Noel Coward's "C...prisoners of warWilliam Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??illegible] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, ...Maria Neild William ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [??] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works, the progr...Frederick Edminson William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [?? illegible] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works,...Elizabeth Edminson William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mr Edminson then made some interesting remarks on the subject of Shakespeare's [?? illegible] and portraits as an introduction to readings & songs from the poet's works,...Charles Stansfield William Shakespeare Print: Book
1800-1849'Byron's example has formed a sort of Upper House of poetry. There is Lord Leveson Gower a very clever young man. Lord Porchester too, nephew to Mrs Scott of Harden, a ...Walter Scott William ShakespeareCymbelineUnknown
1800-1849'I should be sorry the saying were verified in him So wise and young they say never live long.'Walter Scott William ShakespeareRichard IIIUnknown
1800-1849'Never was there such a representative of Wall in Pyramus and Thisbe.'Walter Scott William ShakespeareMidsummer Night's DreamUnknown


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