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Record Number: 18080


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'As soon as I have done, I shall begin my ?Pastoral Drama? business; I have so many nice things to say about "Midsummer Night?s Dream"[?]'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 19 Dec 1874

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Mainly Edinburgh

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:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

13 Nov 1850

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18080

Source:

Print

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Editor:

Bradford A. Booth

Title:

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879

Place of Publication:

New Haven and London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

2

Page:

90

Additional Comments:

Section headed Saturday [19 December] in Letter 341, To Frances Sitwell, Tuesday [15 December 1874]. Co-editor Ernest Mehew. The dates in square brackets have been added by the editors.

Citation:

Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, April 1874-July 1879 (New Haven and London, 1994), 2, p. 90, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18080, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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