| Evidence: | 'I have been reading through your plays again. You are "très fait" as the French say. Tell me, had E[den] P[hillpotts] much to do with the "Angel"? It seems to me to be pure Hastings.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between Apr 1917 and May 1917 | ||||||||||
| 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: | (Basil) Macdonald Hastings (and Eden Philpotts) |
| Title: | The Angel in the House |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: probably an acting edition |
| Publication details: | Samuel French, 1915 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28290 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
| Editor: | Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 2002 | |
| Vol: | 6 | |
| Page: | 84 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to B. Macdonald Hastings, dated early May 1917 |
| Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919 (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 84, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28290, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| See also ID 27739 for further evidence of Conrad's readings of the plays of Macdonald Hastings. |
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