| Evidence: | 'T. S. Eliot's The Rock. A Pageant Play had been performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May-9 June [1934] in aid of the Forty-Five Churches Fund of the Diocese of London, and was published at the same time. V[irginia] W[oolf] only read it, and expressed her views in a letter to Stephen Spender'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 28 May 1934 and 24 Jul 1934 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Virginia Woolf |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 25 Jan 1882 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | T. S. Eliot |
| Title: | The Rock. A Pageant Play |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1934 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 18548 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Virginia Woolf | |
| Editor: | Anne Olivier Bell | |
| Title: | The Diary of Virginia Woolf | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1982 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 230 n.21 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1982), 4, p. 230 n.21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18548, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Source ed's note accompanies Woolf's remark (re dinner party on 23 July 1934) in Diary entry for 24 July 1934, that 'Tom [Eliot] remained on the verge; yellow, bony; but I regretted having denounced the Rock -- so much melancholy in his face' (p.230 in source). |
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