Record Number: 29801

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

‘One afternoon a sentry of ours was hit in the head and killed while he stood quite out of observation. I was in my tiny dugout reading Mr. Masefield’s “Good Friday” when I heard that shot, which at once told me that a man had gone west.’

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 30 Jun 1916 and Sep 1916

Country:

France

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Richebourg-l'Avoué
county: Nord
other location: dugout

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edmund Blunden

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Nov 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Army Officer and Poet

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Masefield

Title:

Good Friday: A Play in Verse

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1916 in book form, London: Lollingdon, Cholsey. First printed in "Fortnightly Review" Dec 1915

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29801

Source:

Print

Author:

Edmund Blunden

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Undertones of War

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.)

Date of Publication:

1982 (1928, 1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

75

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 75, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29801, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None