| Evidence: | 'Though one former ploughboy extolled Shakespeare for possessing a deep sense of the pure morality of the Gospel" and quoted from him on most of the 440 pages of his autobiography, he was anxious to insist that "Shakespeare can be far more appreciated and better understood in the closet than in a public theater".' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 1840 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Samuel Westcott Tilke |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
| Occupation: | (former) ploughboy |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 956 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 32-3 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 32-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=956, accessed: 04 October 2023 | |
| See Samuel Westcott Tilke, 'An Autobiographical Memoir' (1840) |
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