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Record Number: 26043


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Last night by a log-fire, I seemed the loneliest most contented man in the world. I was reading Romeo and Juliet and beginning this letter to you. I had a kitten & my terrier Mick, (who shiver and stare at each other) & the wireless muttering and playing music ever so distantly.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jun 1933 and 12 Jun 1933

Country:

New Zealand

Time

evening

Place:

specific address: Barnswood, Hinds-Mayfield R.D., South Canterbury

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:

Walter D'Arcy Cresswell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Jan 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

New Zealand

Country of Experience:

New Zealand

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

Romeo and Juliet

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

26043

Source:

Print

Author:

Walter D'Arcy Cresswell

Editor:

Helen Shaw

Title:

Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

59-62

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Walter D'Arcy Cresswell, Helen Shaw (ed.), Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield (London, 1984), p. 59-62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26043, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

This forms part of a letter to Ottoline Morrell ( see 26941 and 26042) dated early June 1933.

   
   
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