Record Number: 30539

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Pits said he had read Hurlothrumbo to some ladies till he was mad, and they were mad, and they were all mad; Strut commended the epilogue.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

1729

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Pits

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel 'Maggoty' Johnson

Title:

Hurlothrumbo

Genre:

Drama, Comic play

Form of Text:

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30539

Source:

Print

Author:

John Byrom

Editor:

Richard Parkinson

Title:

The private journal and literary remains of John Byrom

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1855

Vol:

1, part 2

Page:

370

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Byrom, Richard Parkinson (ed.), The private journal and literary remains of John Byrom, (1855), 1, part 2, p. 370, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30539, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None