| Evidence: | 'Never was there such a representative of Wall in Pyramus and Thisbe.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 25 Nov 1825 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Aug 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Novelist, poet and lawyer |
| 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: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25673 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W.E.K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 17 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W.E.K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1998), p. 17, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25673, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
| Walter Scott enters this quote into his diary on Friday, 25 November 1825. It is not absolutely certain that the text read is Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, but it is the most likely contender. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)