Record Number: 29497
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Broomfield: 15. V. 31 George Burrow in the chair 1. Minutes of last approved [...] 5. George Burrow read a short paper introducing the Taming of the Shrew and the Club then read this play in parts'
Century:1900-1945
Date:15 May 1931
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Broomfield
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1887
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Members of the XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 14 April 1931
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:29497
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:p.3
Citation:Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. p.3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29497, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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).