Record Number: 26424

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A meeting of the Club & a large number of guests met at Manor House Earley [?] on the kind invitation of Mr & Mrs Heelas on July 6 1908 to witness a []performance crossed out] reading of W.S. Gilbert's Palce of Truth. It is due to the host & his family & the committee of performers to record here the great amount of care & preparation they took in presenting this piece'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

6 Jul 1908

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
specific address: Manor House, Earley [?]

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:

Reading Group:

members of XII Book Club and friends

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Members of the XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

W.S. Gilbert

Title:

Palace of Truth

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26424

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Alfred Rawlings

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915)

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

115

Citation:

Alfred Rawlings, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915)  Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 115, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26424, accessed: 30 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).