Evidence: | Mary Berry, Journal, 15 June 1812: 'Called by appointment on Sir G. Beaumont to meet [George] Colman [manager of Haymarket Theatre], and read with him 'The Two Martius.' As Sir George had told him that it was written by a woman, I owned myself to be that woman [...] I read the piece: he stopped me each time where he thought something piquant could be added'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 15 Jun 1812 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
George Colman |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Mary Berry |
Title: | The Two Martius |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 9338 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | n/a | |
Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
Title: | Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
Vol: | 2 | |
Page: | 501 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry From the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 2, p. 501, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9338, accessed: 04 December 2023 |
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