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Record Number: 4166


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?We saw at Brussels two of the best Paris actors, and Madame Talma. The play was Racine?s Andromache (initiated in England as the Distressed Mother.) Madame Talma played Andromache and her husband Orestes. .. We read the play in the morning, an excellent precaution, otherwise the novelty of the French mode of declamation would have set my comprehension at defiance.?

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Oct 1802

Country:

Belgium

Time

morning

Place:

city: Brussels

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:

Maria Edgeworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1767

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Writer and governess

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Jean Racine

Title:

Andromache

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published in Paris 1667, but not necessarily the edition used by Maria

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4166

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

Augustus J. C. Hare

Title:

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Place of Publication:

London: Edward Arnold

Date of Publication:

1894 (2 vols)

Vol:

1

Page:

91

Additional Comments:

Letter to Charlotte Sneyd (29/10/1802), from Chantilly.

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J. C. Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London: Edward Arnold, 1894 (2 vols)), 1, p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4166, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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