Record Number: 22733

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'He [Johnson] was just nine Years old when having got the play of Hamlet to read in his Father's Kitchen, he read on very qu[i]etly till he came to the Ghost scene, when he hurried up to the Shop Door that he might see folks about him'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 18 Sep 1718 and 17 Sep 1719

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Lichfield
county: Staffordshire
specific address: father's house
location in dwelling: kitchen

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Johnson

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Sep 1709

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

later writer

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

Hamlet

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (other)
belonged to his father

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22733

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

n/a

Page:

161

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22733, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None