Evidence: | 'Mr Peter Garrick told me, that Johnson and he went together to the Fountain tavern, and read it over, and that he afterwards solicited Mr Fleetwood, the patentee of Drury-lane theatre, to have it acted at his house'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1737 and 31 Dec 1737 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Fountain Tavern other location: public house |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Peter Garrick |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | involved in theatre |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
presumably tavern-goers |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Johnson |
Title: | Irene |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ read with Johnson |
Record ID: | 20777 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 81 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell , R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 81, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20777, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
Originally published 1791. Additional reader Samuel Johnson |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)