Record Number: 22694

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Apropos to Garrick when I dined at Hampton last there was a pompous Reading of some pretty Verses from A Gentleman to [italics] his own [end italics] wife with a Knife - I dare say they were Garrrick's own, here they are however, or [italics] some [end italics] of them'. [The verses follow]

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Until: 30 Sep 1777

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Hampton

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

27 Jan 1741

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

nee Salusbury

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[verses on a lady and a pen knife]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22694

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

131

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 131, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22694, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

by Garrick?