| Evidence: | Susanna Burney describes Charles Burney's reading of The Witlings at Chessington on 2 August 1779, to Frances Burney: " 'Good' sd. Mr. Crisp ... the name of Codger occasion'd a general Grin ... [re the "Milliners Scene"] 'It's funny -- it's funny indeed' sd. Mr. C[risp] ... Charlotte laugh'd till she was almost black in the face at Codger's part, as I had done before her ... My Father's voice, sight, & lungs were tired ... & beng entirely unacquainted wth. what was coming ... he did not always give the Expression you meant to be given ...
" ... the Serious part seem'd even to improve upon me by the 2d. hearing, & made me for to cry in 2 or 3 places ...'" |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 2 Aug 1779 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Chessington | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Charles Burney |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 7 Apr 1726 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer/Composer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Samuel Crisp Sophia Gast Susanna Burney Sister of Susanna Burney Other ladies |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Frances Burney |
| Title: | The Witlings |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4530 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Anne Doody | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Frances Burney: The Life in the Works | |
| Place of Publication: | New Brunswick, NJ | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 92 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Margaret Anne Doody, Frances Burney: The Life in the Works (New Brunswick, NJ, 1988), p. 92, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4530, accessed: 27 April 2024 | |
| Quotation from letter from Susanna Burney to Frances Burney, BL Egerton MS 3690, pp.4-5. |
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