Evidence: | 'In the "Sunday Times" for September 12th, a letter of protest from Dame Marie Tempest had coincided with another from G., who described the contrasting practice of the Spaniards in the Civil War.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 12 Sep 1939 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Vera Brittain |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Marie Tempest |
Title: | [letter published in the "Sunday "Times"] |
Genre: | Reference / General works |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper, Unknown |
Publication details: | 12 September 1939 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 28100 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Experience | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 222 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 222, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28100, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Vera Brittain does not make it clear whether the letter from G., her husband George Catlin, was written to her or to the newspaper. Both letters commented on the Government's decision to close theatres and cinemas on the outbreak of war. |
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