Record Number: 28290
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been reading through your plays again. You are "très fait" as the French say. Tell me, had E[den] P[hillpotts] much to do with the "Angel"? It seems to me to be pure Hastings.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Apr 1917 and May 1917
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Orlestone nr. Ashford
county: Kent
specific address: Capel House
(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:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
Master mariner and author
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:(Basil) Macdonald Hastings (and Eden Philpotts)
Title:The Angel in the House
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: probably an acting edition
Publication DetailsSamuel French, 1915
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28290
Source:Joseph Conrad
Editor:Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Title:The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:6
Page:84
Additional Comments:
Letter from Joseph Conrad to B. Macdonald Hastings, dated early May 1917
Citation:
Joseph Conrad, Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 6, 1917-1919, (Cambridge, 2002), 6, p. 84, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28290, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
See also ID 27739 for further evidence of Conrad's readings of the plays of Macdonald Hastings.
