| Evidence: | Mary Berry to a friend, 19 November 1798: 'Don't let me forget to advise you to to read the "Natural Son," or "Lovers' Vows;" it is the entire and literal translation of the play which is now acting with such success at Covent Garden, but [italics]not[end italics] as it is acted; you can get it at Todd's [bookseller's], where I did, to read in the chaise. I think it quite charming, and it affected me much [...] You must allow for German manners and for the (at all times) sad disguise of a translation.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1798 and 19 Nov 1798 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: In chaise | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Mary Berry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Mar 1763 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | August von Kotzebue |
| Title: | Lovers' Vows |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | In English translation |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 8830 | |
| 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: | 72-3 | |
| 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. 72-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8830, accessed: 27 May 2023 | |
| Source editor notes Richard Cumberland as translator and adapter of the play for the stage, but does not mention Elizabeth Inchbald's 1798 English translation -- so is unclear exactly whose work Berry was reading. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)