| Evidence: | 'He [William Lamb] grew so out of spirits that he quite cried--as women do & has just recovered his spirites--however they are returned as usual for he is reading a Greek play out loud & making such noise I scarcely know what I am writing'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1806 and 30 Sep 1806 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | William Lamb |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 15 Mar 1779 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Whig politician, future Prime Minister |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Lady Caroline Lamb |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | [a Greek play] |
| Genre: | Classics, Drama |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8604 | |
| 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: | 26 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter to Georgiana, Lady Morpeth, Future Sixth Countess of Carlisle. Douglass dates the letter September 1806. |
| Citation: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), Paul Douglass (ed.), The Whole Disgraceful Truth: Selected Letters of Lady Caroline Lamb (New York, 2006), n/a, p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8604, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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