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Edgar Castle

 

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John Masefield : Philip the King

Meeting held at Ashton Lodge July 10th 1930
H. M. Wallis in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last meeting approved
[...]
5 The subject of John Masefield was then taken
Geo Burrow gave some account of his life
Mrs Burrow read 2 poems "Beauty" & "Posted Missing"
H. M. Wallis read from the novel Sard Harker a thrilling account of an escape from a bog.
Violet Clough read from "Midsummer Night".
After refreshments "Phillip the King" was read in parts & much enjoyed the parts being taken as opposite.
King Phillip C. B. Castle
His Daughter the Infanta Mrs Castle
Various Ghosts Mrs Pollard
The Captain H.R. Smith
De Leyva S.A. Reynolds

Unknown
Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edgar Castle      

  

Molière [pseud.] : The Misanthrope

Meeting held at Eynsham, Shinfield Rd, 31.5.32.

George Burrow in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last approved


[...]

6. Victor Alexander then gave an outline of the career of Molière, & a sketch of the life of the XVIIth Century in France.


[...]

7. There followed a reading of the Misanthrope - abridged - in translation. The parts were taken as follows:

Philinte      Charles Stansfield
Alceste      Frank Pollard
Oronte      George Burrow
Célimène      Rosamund Wallis
Basque      Sylvanus Reynolds
Eliante      Mary S. W. Pollard
Clitandre      Edgar Castle
Acaste      Henry M. Wallis
A Guard      Victor Alexander
Arsinoë [Arsinoé]      Mary E. Robson

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edgar Castle      Print: Book

  

H. V. Morton : In Search of England

Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue 28/4/1933

C. E. Stansfield in the chair


1 Minutes of last read and approved


2 For the Next Meeting's subject "The Jew in Literature" was chosen with Geo Burrow H. R. & E. B. Smith as committee


[...]


4 The evening's subject of Berkshire in Literature was then opened up by Charles E. Stansfield reading from Tom Browns School days a description of the Vale of the White Horse[.] He carried us into a quietude of time & space where a great lover of the Vale tells of the great open downs & the vale to the north of them.


Dorothy Brain told us something of Old Berkshire Ballads surprising us with their number & variety & read an amusing Ballad about a lad who died of eating custard, & the Lay of the Hunted Pig.


C. E. Stansfield read an introduction to "Summer is a Cumen In"which was then played and sung on the Gramophone.


H. R. Smith read a description of "Reading a Hundred Years Ago" from "Some Worthies of Reading"


F. E. Pollard introduced Mary Russell Mitford to the Club giving a short account of her life and Work quoting with approval a description of her as "A prose Crabbe in the Sun"


M. S. W. Pollard read "The Gypsy" from "Our Village"


Geo Burrows gave us a short Reading from Mathew Arnolds "Scholar Gypsy" and a longer one from "Thyrsis"[.] During this the Stansfield "Mackie" put in a striking piece of synchronization.


E. B. Castle read an interesting account of the Bucklebury Bowl Turner from H. V. Mortons "In Search of England".

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edgar Castle      Print: Book

  

Victor Alexander : [letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resignation from the XII Book Club]

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been mentioned in last meeting’s minutes that the Secretary was asked to write to Dorothy Brain and to Edgar & Mignon Castle acknowledging their letters of resignation. [...] This was duly done and all three offered their best wishes for the Club’s happy continuance.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edgar Castle      Manuscript: Letter, Notebook

  

Victor Alexander : [letter acknowledging receipt of letter of resignation from the XII Book Club]

'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37

C. E. Stansfield in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved

2. It should have been mentioned in last meeting’s minutes that the Secretary was asked to write to Dorothy Brain and to Edgar & Mignon Castle acknowledging their letters of resignation. [...] This was duly done and all three offered their best wishes for the Club’s happy continuance.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Edgar Castle      Manuscript: Letter, Notebook

 

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