| Evidence: | 'I got the play ["The Breaking Point"] at 9 this morning. I've shut myself up with it at once and I won't come out of the room. I will see no one, will let no word or thing come between it and me till I've written to you.' Hence follow five pages of commentary and praise. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 17 Nov 1906 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Stanford near Hythe county: Kent specific address: Pent Farm |
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| Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Master mariner and author |
| Religion: | originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist |
| Country of origin: | Poland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Edward Garnett |
| Title: | The Breaking Point |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: unclear whether MS or printed playscript |
| Publication details: | published later, (London: Duckworth, 1907) |
| Provenance: | unknown probably sent by author |
| Record ID: | 21520 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 373 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Edward Garnett dated 17 November, 1906, letterhead: Pent Farm. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 373, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21520, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| 'The Breaking Point' was censored for public performance but published in 1907 (London: Duckworth) see fn.2 p.375 of source text. |
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