Evidence: | 'The Secy. (who was absent) has received the folowiing summary from R.B. Graham.
a) C.I. Evans read a paper on Ben Jonson, by the request of the committee, 'Short & suggestive'. It fulfilled both these requisites & was also interesting.
b) Short poems were illustrated by H. Marriage Wallis & R.B.Graham
c) Miss Bowman Smith sang 'Drink to me only'
d) Mrs Smith dealt with the proverbial sayings
e) Miss R. Wallis gave a lively & lucid description of the play 'A Tale of a Tub'. This deals with the affairs of a fetching but impartial damsel yclept Audrey Turfe whose matrimonial adventures form a complicated & amusing plot
f) Miss Bowman Smith sang 'Have you seen but the white lily grow?' (The Devil's an Ass) |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 18 Nov 1920 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: The Lawn, Upper Redlands Rd |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | R.B. Graham |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of XII Book Club |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Ben Jonson |
Title: | [short poems] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 27436 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Ernest E. Unwin | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
Location: | Private Collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 80-81 |
Citation: | Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 80-81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27436, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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