| Evidence: | 'Drew my chair to the door, sat down in the sun, and spent an hour or two in reading the "Merry Wives of Windsor". Thank God for Shakespeare at any rate. Baron Lefroy cannot sentence Shakespeare to death, nor so much as mulct him for damages, though I am told he deserves it for defamation of character, in the case of Sir John Falstaff.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 29 May 1848 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Cork specific address: Spike Island (prison) Cork Harbour other location: in his prison cell |
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| Reader: | John Mitchel |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Nov 1815 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | author, Irish Nationalist, under arrest for Treason |
| Religion: | Presbyterian family |
| Country of origin: | Ireland |
| Country of experience: | Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 12723 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Mitchel | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Jail Journal | |
| Place of Publication: | Dublin | |
| Date of Publication: | 1913 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 10 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | John Mitchel, Jail Journal (Dublin, 1913), p. 10, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12723, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)