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Record Number: 4108


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"'Putting Shakespeare and his immediate followers out of the way, whom do you think the best dramatist?' 'Otway, Lee and Southern, unquestionably.'"

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Charles Robert Maturin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1782

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Curate

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Otway

Title:

Complete Plays

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1675-85 (9 plays)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4108

Source:

Print

Author:

Charles Robert Maturin

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1827

Vol:

XX

Page:

149

Additional Comments:

Anonymous article entitled 'Recollections of Maturin n. 3', pp. 146-52.

Citation:

Charles Robert Maturin, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal (1827), XX, p. 149, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4108, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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