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Record Number: 8827


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Mary Berry to Bertie Greathead, 2 August 1798, on having got to know Mrs Siddons the previous winter: 'She read "Hamlet" to us one evening, in N. Audley-street, which was to me a great treat.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1797 and 28 Feb 1798

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
specific address: North Audley Street

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Sarah Siddons

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

5 Jul 1755

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Actress

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Wales

Country of Experience:

England

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

Mary Berry and others


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Shakespeare

Title:

Hamlet

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8827

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lady Theresa Lewis

Title:

Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1865

Vol:

2

Page:

70

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8827, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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