Record Number: 3134

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"It was when reading Gilbert Murray's rendering of Euripides' Medea, by the side of the [Shrewsbury School] cricket field, that [Neville] Cardus was noticed by the headmaster, C. A. Alington, who invited him to be his secretary after the start of the Great War."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1912 and 31 Dec 1914

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Shrewsbury
specific address: Shrewsbury School
other location: Cricket field

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:

Neville Cardus

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Assistant cricket professional

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

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:

Euripides

Title:

Medea

Genre:

Classics, Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Translated by Gilbert Murray

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3134

Source:

Print

Author:

Philp Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

60

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philp Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 60, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3134, accessed: 18 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None