| Evidence: | 'A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29 Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair 1. Minutes of last time read and approved
5 F E Pollard then introduced "The Alcestis" of Euripides by reading from Gilbert Murray's
introduction of his translation of the play, Which was read in parts after refreshments the
parts being taken as follows |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 19 Oct 1929 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: 70 Northcourt Avenue |
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| Reader: | Howard Smith |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1860 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
members of XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | It is assumed that it was Howard Smith, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting |
| Author: | Howard Smith |
| Title: | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 25 Sep 1929] |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Minutes |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 29320 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Howard Smith | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 193 |
| Citation: | Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29320, accessed: 22 September 2023 | |
| Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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