| Evidence: | 'When I come here we play at battlecock and shuttledore and mama reads Shakespear in the evening[.] When she goes with [Ann?] up stairs to sleep John Fred Will and I generally raill [sic] out a song with a machine that would frighten you in the great hall while the Men drink in the dining room'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 16 Nov 1797 and 17 Dec 1797 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Devonshire House |
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| Reader: | Henrietta Frances Ponsonby |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jun 1761 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | socialite, influential member of the Whig political elite |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Lady Caroline's brothers John William, Frederick, and William, and perhaps an unknown woman named Ann. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Shakespeare |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8582 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby) | |
| Editor: | Paul Douglass | |
| Title: | The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 10-11 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to Lady Georgiana Cavendish |
| Citation: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), Paul Douglass (ed.), The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb (New York, 2006), p. 10-11, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8582, accessed: 28 March 2023 | |
| Lady Caroline's letter seems to imply that her mother read Shakespeare aloud to her brothers. Given that the letter describes her routine at Devonshire House, it would seem that the reading of Shakespeare was a serial event. The letter also seems to imply that Lady Caroline herself was not a listener. |
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