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Record 21722

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'[Johnson said] 'Colley Cibber once consulted me as to one of his birth-day Odes, a long time before it was wanted. I objected very freely to several passages. Cibber lost patience, and would not read his Ode to an end.'
Century: 1700-1799
Date: Until: 12 Nov 1757
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London
   
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:Colley Cibber
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11 Jun 1671
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer and theatre manager
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Dr Johnson
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Colley Cibber
Title: [birthday Ode]
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 21722  
Source - Print  
  Author: James Boswell
  Editor: R.W. Chapman
  Title: Life of Johnson
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 862-3
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 862-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21722, accessed: 29 March 2024

Additional comments:

Originally published 1791.

 

 

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