Record Number: 29629

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Oakdene; 6.XII.'32.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
2. A statement of the Club's accounts was read.
[...]
6. After the interval we listened to a most enjoyable little play, "Lonesome Like" by Harold Brighouse The Lancashire dialect was more than usually well suggested & much added to our appreciation.
The parts were taken as follows:—
Celia Burrow
Rosamund Wallis
George Burrow
Reginald Robson'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

6 Dec 1932

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth T. Alexander

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Quaker or associated with the Friends

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

Members of the XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Elizabeth T. Alexander

Title:

[A statement of accounts of the XII Book Club]

Genre:

statement of accounts

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29629

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

52-55

Additional Information:

Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 52-55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29629, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is assumed that it was Elizabeth Alexander, as treasurer of the club, who read the statement of the club's accounts.
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).