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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
 
1800-1849'Three days ago I would have been contented to buy this consola as Judy says, dearer than by a dozen falls in the mud - for had the great Constable fallen O my country...Walter Scott William ShakespeareJulius CaesarUnknown
1800-1849'Read "King John" completely for the first time; I like the historical plays myself better than the pet ones. "Midsummer Night's Dream" I like least of any in Shakespeare...John Ruskin William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849Which resolutions with health and my habits of indutry will make me 'Sleep in spite of thunder'.Walter Scott William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished "Henry the Fourth", 1st part.'John Ruskin William ShakespeareHenry IV Part IPrint: Book
1850-1899'"Midsummer Night's Dream" in evening'John Ruskin William ShakespeareMidsummer Night's DreamPrint: Book
1900-1945'Last night by a log-fire, I seemed the loneliest most contented man in the world. I was reading Romeo and Juliet and beginning this letter to you. I had a kitten & my te...Walter D'Arcy Cresswell William ShakespeareRomeo and JulietPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		From Anne Isabella Milbanke's reminiscences of her father: '"Of Shakespeare, Otway, Dryden, he was a devoted admirer, pointing out or reciting to me their finest passa...Ralph Milbanke William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899'read, with understanding for the first time in my life, the first scene of "As you like it".'John Ruskin William ShakespeareAs you like itPrint: Book
1800-1849'An excellent plot, excellent friends, and full of preparations'. Footnote: An allusion to Hotspur's plot in I Henry IV, ii. 3. Walter Scott William ShakespeareHenry IVUnknown
1900-1945'I have been trying to think how far I and my like, middle class schoolboys at the end of our pre-war education, were unquestioning patriots ready to respond to heroics. ...Harold Edward Leslie Mellersh William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'The rest of the evening was devoted to a reading of 'The Winter's Tale'. The production was under the joint management of Mrs Robson & R.B. Graham. The play had been 'cu...Members of XII Book ClubWilliam ShakespeareWinter's Tale, ThePrint: Book
1850-189915 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare fr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William ShakespeareThe Merry Wives of WindsorPrint: Book
1850-189915 October 1879, from Berlin: 'Since dinner I have read the Merry Wives of Windsor with great delight. I have been going through the historical plays of Shakespeare fr...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Shakespearehistory playsPrint: Book
1850-1899[between Journal entries for 2 January and 28 February 1887] 'Until [Lady Charlotte Schreiber's] eyes were uncovered [following operation on 9 January] Maria [daught...Maria [nee Guest] William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...William ShakespeareplaysPrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...Elizabeth Ann Smith William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...R.B. Graham William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...Charles Stansfield William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...Charles Stansfield William Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream, APrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a series of readings & quotations from Shakespeare intended to indicate different aspects of him and these were interspersed ...Charles and Katherine EvansWilliam ShakespeareKing LearPrint: Book


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