| Evidence: | 'Do you remember the knocking in Macbeth? ...The porter is a man I have a great respect for. He had a great command of language. All that he says, curiously enough, my mother left out when she read Macbeth to me ... I remember the day my mother read Macbeth to me.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 7 Dec 1872 and 14 Dec 1872 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mrs Stevenson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | mother |
| Religion: | Church of Scotland |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Macbeth |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16046 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Editor: | Bradford Booth | |
| Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 261 | |
| Additional comments: | additional editor Ernest Mehew |
| Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 261, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16046, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| RLS both a reader and a listener. Comparing (tongue-in-cheek) his first listening experience with his later reading experience of Macbeth. |
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