Record Number: 7733
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?I now read for the first time "The Tempest", "Measure for Measure", "Love?s Labour?s Lost", and many other of Shakespeare?s comedies, besides the supreme tragedies, among [them] the greatest creations of the human intellect ? "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Othello" and "Lear". From no "edition de luxe" did I read. The plays were published by Dick, cost me one penny each, a sum well suited to my means. No matter that the price was small and the paper poor; no matter that there were neither theatre nor stage, neither actors or orchestra. All the more scope was given to fancy and imagination.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1865
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Choppington
county: Northumberland
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:n/a
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:12 Nov 1837
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Occupation:pitman, later MP
Religion:Methodist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Macbeth
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspenny edition by John Dicks
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7733
Source:Thomas Burt
Editor:n/a
Title:Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1924
Vol:n/a
Page:143-144
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography (London, 1924), p. 143-144, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7733, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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