| Evidence: | Mary Berry to Bertie Greathead, 2 August 1798, on having got to know Mrs Siddons the previous winter: 'She read "Hamlet" to us one evening, in N. Audley-street, which was to me a great treat.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1797 and 28 Feb 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: North Audley Street |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Sarah Siddons |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 5 Jul 1755 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | Wales |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Mary Berry and others |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | Hamlet |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 8827 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 70 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 70, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8827, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
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