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Charles Robert Maturin : Bertram

Byron to the Rev. Charles Robert Maturin, 21 December 1815, regarding submission of MS [Bertram] to Drury Lane Theatre: 'Sir -- Mr. Lamb -- (one of my colleagues in the S[ub] Committee) & myself have read your tragedy: -- he agrees with me in thinking it a very extraordinary production ...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon Lord Byron      Manuscript: Unknown

Charles Robert Maturin : Bertram

Byron to the Rev. Charles Robert Maturin, 21 December 1815, regarding submission of MS [Bertram] to Drury Lane Theatre: 'Sir -- Mr. Lamb -- (one of my colleagues in the S[ub] Committee) & myself have read your tragedy: -- he agrees with me in thinking it a very extraordinary production ...'

Century:      Reader/Listener/Group: George Lamb      Manuscript: Unknown

Charles Robert Maturin : Manuel

Byron to John Murray, 15 July 1817: 'I lent [M. G.] Lewis who is at Venice ... your extracts from Lalla Rookh -- & Manuel -- out of contradiction it may be -- he likes the last -- & is not much taken with the first of these performances.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Matthew Gregory Lewis      

Charles Robert Maturin : Bertram

Byron to Charles, 8th Lord Kinnaird, 15 May 1819: 'Three years & some months ago when you were reding [sic] "Bertram" at your brother's -- on my exclaiming in the words of Parson Adams to his Son -- "Lege Dick -- Lege" (on occasion of some interruption ... ) ... you replied ... "my name is not Richard -- my Lord" ... This was a hint to me to address you in future with all Aristocratical decorum ...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles 8th Lord Kinnaird      

Charles R. Maturin : Bertram; or, the Castle of St. Aldobrand, a tragedy

'Finish "Caroline of Litchfield" and "Marmotel's tales". Read Bertram and Christabel and several articles of the quarterly review'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin      Print: Book

Charles R. Maturin : The Milesian Chief

'Read Patronage & the Milesian chief - finish 5th vol of Clarendon - Shelley reads life of Cromwell'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin      Print: Book

Charles Maturin : Milesian Chief, The

'Finish Milesian & Patronage - read Holcrofts travels - S. reads life of Cromwell.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Godwin      Print: Book

Charles R. Maturin : Fatal Revenge; or the Family of Montorio

'read Family of Montorio'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Charles R. Maturin : Fatal Revenge; or the Family of Montorio

'Finish the Family of Montorio'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Charles Maturin : Women, ou Pour et Contre

'Read "Women" of Mathuerin [for Maturin] - the Fudge Family - Beppo &c. S. begins the Republic of Plato'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mary Shelley      Print: Book

Charles Maturin : Melmoth the Wanderer

'Wilde praised "Melmoth" [the Wanderer] as a pioneering work of European Gothic fiction. He admitted, however, that it was stylistically "imperfect" and laughed at its aburdity'.

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Oscar Wilde      Print: Book

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