Record Number: 27508

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The rest of the evening was devoted (except for a pianoforte solo & a pianola performance) to a dramatic rendering of the Penn & Mead trial the cast being as under. Lord Mayor H.M. Wallis Magistrates John Smith, Thos Bloodworth, John Robinson etc. H.R. Smith Recorder E.E. Unwin Clerk of Court C.I. Evans Cryer Janet Rawlings Wm Penn C.E. Stansfield Wm Mead R.B. Graham Bushell A. Rawlings Judy The Ladies'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

6 May 1921

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
specific address: 'Greenlands'

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 Reading Group

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 XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Penn and Mead trial]

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27508

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Ernest E. Unwin

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

88-9

Citation:

Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 88-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27508, accessed: 02 May 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).