| Evidence: | 'Last night by a log-fire, I seemed the loneliest most contented man in the world. I was reading Romeo and Juliet and beginning this letter to you. I had a kitten & my terrier Mick, (who shiver and stare at each other) & the wireless muttering and playing music ever so distantly.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1933 and 12 Jun 1933 | ||||||||||
| Country: | New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Barnswood, Hinds-Mayfield R.D., South Canterbury | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter D'Arcy Cresswell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1896 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Poet |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | New Zealand |
| Country of experience: | New Zealand |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Romeo and Juliet |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26043 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter D'Arcy Cresswell | |
| Editor: | Helen Shaw | |
| Title: | Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1984 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 59-62 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter D'Arcy Cresswell, Helen Shaw (ed.), Dear Lady Ginger an exchange of letters between lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell together with Ottoline Morrell's essay on Katherine Mansfield (London, 1984), p. 59-62, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26043, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| This forms part of a letter to Ottoline Morrell ( see 26941 and 26042) dated early June 1933. |
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