Evidence: | 'Johnson. "Sheridan is a wonderful admirer of the tragedy of Douglas, and presented its authour with a gold medal. Some years ago, at a coffee-house in Oxford, I called to him, 'Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Sheridan, how came you to give a gold medal to Home for writing that foolish play ?' This, you see, was wanton and insolent; but I meant to be wanton and insolent. A medal has no value but as a stamp of merit. And was Sheridan to assume to himself the right of giving that stamp?"' |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 24 Mar 1775 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Thomas Sheridan |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1719 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | theatre manager |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Home |
Title: | Douglas, A tragedy |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21506 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 595 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 595, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21506, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Originally published 1791 |
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