| Evidence: | Quotes Shakespeare throughout work:V.1 p.55,p.62,p.86, p.105,p.126; V.2 p.55,p.89,p.199; V.3 p.176 eg. V.1. p.105 Letter XIII to Miss Reid, Fort William May 24 1773 '?He was like Brutus among conspirators, whom you used to admire in the play: "The rest did what they did in envy of the great Caesar/ He only, in general honest thought," ?' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1755 and 1803 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Anne Grant [nee MacVicar] |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1755 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
| Occupation: | Wife/widow of Church of Scotland minister then author |
| Religion: | Church of Scotland |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | various |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 13643 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Anne Grant | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1807 | |
| Vol: | Vols 1-3 | |
| Page: | Various | |
| Additional comments: | Plays quoted include: Merry Wives of Windsor; Merchant of Venice; Cymbeline; Julius Caesar; Othello; Henry V, Tweflth Night |
| Citation: | Anne Grant, Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the year 1773 and 1807 (London, 1807), Vols 1-3, p. Various, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=13643, accessed: 16 April 2024 | |
| Date range given is birth to date of last letter with a Shakespeare quotation. |
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