Record Number: 18548
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'T. S. Eliot's The Rock. A Pageant Play had been performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre 28 May-9 June [1934] in aid of the Forty-Five Churches Fund of the Diocese of London, and was published at the same time. V[irginia] W[oolf] only read it, and expressed her views in a letter to Stephen Spender'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 28 May 1934 and 24 Jul 1934
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:25 Jan 1882
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Rock. A Pageant Play
Genre:Drama, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1934
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18548
Source:Virginia Woolf
Editor:Anne Olivier Bell
Title:The Diary of Virginia Woolf
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1982
Vol:4
Page:230 n.21
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf, (London, 1982), 4, p. 230 n.21, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18548, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Source ed's note accompanies Woolf's remark (re dinner party on 23 July 1934) in Diary entry for 24 July 1934, that 'Tom [Eliot] remained on the verge; yellow, bony; but I regretted having denounced the Rock -- so much melancholy in his face' (p.230 in source).
