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Charles Evans

 

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Robert Browning : Sordello

'Browning's Sordello was introduced by some prefatory notes by H.M. Wallis read by E.E. Unwin. H.M. Wallis then read a paper describing the historical setting of the poem. Selections were read by Miss Marriage and C.I. Evans'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles I. Evans      Print: Book

  

[a member of the XII Book Club] : [essay on Browning]

'A series of more or less five minutes essays or talks on various aspects of Browning by the folowing members were then given. viz C.I. Evans, E.E. Unwin, W.S. Rowntree, E.A. Smith, H.R. Smith & A. Rawlings. Mrs Robson, E.E. Unwin, & Kathleen Rawlings contributed songs & Margery Rawlings read Evelyn Hope'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Manuscript: Unknown

  

Rabindranath Tagore : Post Office

'The evening was then given to a series of readings from the works of Tagore, including Chitra by Helen, Janet & Alfred Rawlings The Crescent Moon - Katherine I. Evans King of the Dark Chamber - Violet Wallis The Gardener - C.E. Stansfield Post Office - C.I. Evans'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Print: Book

  

William Henry Hudson : [writing on Hampshire villages]

'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Print: Book

  

Thomas Love Peacock : Three Men of Gotham

'The subject before the meeting was Thomas Love Peacock, novelist & poet. H.M. Wallis read an introductory paper which gave us the facts of Peacock's life & a general account of his writings. Extracts from his works were read C.I. Evans The War Songs [sic] of Dinas Vawr Miss Cole Love & Age E.E. Unwin extracts from Nightmare Abbey R.B. Graham Some of the poems from his novels C.I. Evans Three men of Gotham'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Print: Book

  

Geoffrey Young [?] : 'Mountain Playmates'

'C.I. Evans read Geoffrey Young's [?] poem 'Mountain Playmates' & Mary Hayward read Leslie Stephen's account of the first ascent of the Rothorn. R.B. Graham circulated snapshots illustrating this reading & his own climb of the same mountain. After supper R.B. Graham gave a general chat on Mountaineering with views. A passage by Whymper on accidents was summarised by A. Rawlings who then read Whymper's account of an extraordinary accident he himself sustained. To conclude the Secretary read a parody of Wadsworth [Wordsworth?] 'We are Seven' composed by H.M. Wallis on climbing at Arolla'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Evans      Print: Book

  

Ben Jonson : Epicoene, or the Silent Woman

There followed an amusing passage from Ben Jonsons Silent Woman with C I Evans as Morose Geo Burrow as Mute & R H Robson as Truewit.

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Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles I. Evans      

 

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