| Evidence: | William Charles Macready, in diary entry for 3 August 1840:
'Read Browning's play [The Return of the Druses], and with the deepest concern I yield to the
belief that he will [italics]never write again[end italics] -- to any purpose. I fear his intellect is
not quite clear.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 3 Aug 1840 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Charles Macready |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Mar 1793 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Browning |
| Title: | The Return of the Druses |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16595 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 294 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 294, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16595, accessed: 10 December 2023 | |
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