Evidence: | 'The late "worthy'' Duke of Queensberry, as Thomson, in his "Seasons," justly characterises him, told me that when Gay showed him "The Beggar's Opera," his Grace's observation was, "This is a very odd thing, Gay; I am satisfied that it is either a very good thing, or a very bad thing." It proved the former, beyond the warmest expectations of the authour or his friends'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 31 Dec 1791 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Charles Douglas, Third Duke of Queensberry |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1698 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Gay |
Title: | Beggar's Opera, The |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ shown by Gay |
Record ID: | 21551 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 629-30 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 629-30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21551, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Original date of publication 1791. Could have been either print or MS - more likely MS? |
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