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Record Number: 200


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Nothing Remarkable happend the Morning Noon nor evening of that Day, only Read the play called the Scool for Wifes.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

11 Apr 1774

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Brentford

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Yeoman

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1748

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

farmer and potter

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Hugh Kelly

Title:

The School for Wives

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

200

Source:

Print

Author:

John Yeoman

Editor:

Macleod Yearsley

Title:

The Diary of the Visits of John Yeoman to London in the Years 1774 and 1777

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1934

Vol:

n/a

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Yeoman, Macleod Yearsley (ed.), The Diary of the Visits of John Yeoman to London in the Years 1774 and 1777, (London, 1934), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=200, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Date of birth -1748 or 1749?

   
   
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