| 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: 30 Northcourt Avenue |
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| Reader: | Sylvanus A. Reynolds |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1863 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Chartered accountant with own practice |
| 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: | n/a |
| Author: | Euripides |
| Title: | Alcestis |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry, In Gilbert Murray's English Translation |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29322 | |
| 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=29322, accessed: 31 May 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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