| Evidence: | 'Phew! This [ "The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc" ] is fine.Just one word as the curtain falls for the last time.[...]. I'll with your leave keep the MS for 3 days before I read it again. I wanted to give the very freshest first impression just now, but won't say more at present.'
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 3 Mar 1911 and 12 Mar 1911 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Orlestone nr. Ashford county: Kent specific address: Capel House |
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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 Trial of Jeanne d'Arc |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | subsequently published by Sidgwick and Jackson 1912 |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 26618 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1990 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 421 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad toEdward Garnett dated 6 March 1911, Capel House. |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Karl Frederick R. and Laurence Davies (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 4 1908-1911 (Cambridge, 1990), 4, p. 421, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26618, accessed: 03 December 2023 | |
| See also Conrad's letters to Edward Garnett of 7 and 12 March 1911, with further comments about the play, though no explicit mention of a second reading. |
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