Record Number: 5512

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'- have you ever read a book called "1066 & all that" ?i t's very funny, & one of the authors is on board.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

on board ship

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:

Benjamin Britten

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

22 Nov 1913

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Composer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

on board ship

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

R J Yeatman

Title:

1066 and all that

Genre:

Humour

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1930

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5512

Source:

Print

Author:

Benjamin Britten

Editor:

Donald Mitchell

Title:

Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten

Place of Publication:

London`1998

Date of Publication:

n/a

Vol:

2 (1939-45)

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

Author: Benjamin Britten et al Editors Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed Letter 172, May 1st 1939 From the editor?s footnote: Robert Julian Yeatman From letter written to Wulff Scherchen. Britten was on the Cunard White Star ?Ausonia? sailing from Southampton to Quebec.

Citation:

Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell (ed.), Letters from a Life: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten, (London`1998, ), 2 (1939-45), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5512, accessed: 07 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Authors being read R J Yeatman and W C Sellar