Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Basic Search

Advanced Search

Record 10965

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Read the last play in the Series on the passions. The subject of it is Hatred. It is a tragedy & the title is De Montfort. There is one rather curious mistake in this play. In act I sc. 2 De Montfort says [...quotes several lines of text]. In act 3 sc. I De Montfort says again [...again quotes] [De Montfort forgets name of a character twice]'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 3 Mar 1800
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Sheffield
   
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:Joseph Hunter
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6 Feb 1783
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: apprentice
Religion: Presbyterian
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Joanna Baillie
Title: A Series of Plays In Which It is Attempted to Deli
Genre: Drama
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 10965  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Joseph Hunter
  Title: Fragment of a Journal
  Location: British Library
  Call no: Add 24, 880
  Page/folio: 10

Citation: Joseph Hunter, Fragment of a Journal British Library, p. Add 24, 880, p. 10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10965, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

Reading Experience Database version 2.0.  Page updated: 27th Apr 2016  3:15pm (GMT)