Record Number: 4530
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Susanna Burney describes Charles Burney's reading of The Witlings at Chessington on 2 August 1779, to Frances Burney: " 'Good' sd. Mr. Crisp ... the name of Codger occasion'd a general Grin ... [re the "Milliners Scene"] 'It's funny -- it's funny indeed' sd. Mr. C[risp] ... Charlotte laugh'd till she was almost black in the face at Codger's part, as I had done before her ... My Father's voice, sight, & lungs were tired ... & beng entirely unacquainted wth. what was coming ... he did not always give the Expression you meant to be given ... " ... the Serious part seem'd even to improve upon me by the 2d. hearing, & made me for to cry in 2 or 3 places ...'"
Century:1700-1799
Date:2 Aug 1779
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Chessington
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:7 Apr 1726
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer/Composer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Samuel Crisp Sophia Gast Susanna Burney Sister of Susanna Burney Other ladies
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Witlings
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4530
Source:Margaret Anne Doody
Editor:n/a
Title:Frances Burney: The Life in the Works
Place of Publication:New Brunswick, NJ
Date of Publication:1988
Vol:n/a
Page:92
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Margaret Anne Doody, Frances Burney: The Life in the Works, (New Brunswick, NJ, 1988), p. 92, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4530, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from letter from Susanna Burney to Frances Burney, BL Egerton MS 3690, pp.4-5.
