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Record 4229

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
?Well, I do remember the pleasure Mr Opie expressed in reading a proverb in one act, taken from the French of ?Carmontel?, and published by Mr Holcroft, with other entertaining things in his ?Theatrical Recorder? ? Mr Opie came down to read it to me??
Century: 1800-1849
Date: 1 Jan 1803
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: London (home)
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:John Opie
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 12 May 1761
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Father was a carpenter
Occupation: Artist
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England (Cornwall)
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
wife
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Holcroft
Title: Theatrical recorder
Genre: Drama, Arts / architecture
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 4229  
Source - Print  
  Author: Ada Earland
  Editor: n/a
  Title: John Opie and his Circle
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1911
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 196
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Ada Earland, John Opie and his Circle (London, 1911), p. 196, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4229, accessed: 02 May 2024

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