Record Number: 29471
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Oakdene Jan 23rd 1931
S A Reynolds in the chair
1. Minutes of last approved
[...]
6 After supper Bernard Shaw’s “You never Can tell” was read in parts with the exception of
one
short Act for which there was no time[.] Characters as follows
Fergus Crampton G H Burrow
Bohun K.C. S. A. Reynolds
Finch McComus H. R. Smith
William the Waiter R. H. Robson
Valentine W. Fraser Mitchell
Philip Clandon Miss[?] Mary Reynolds
Parlour Maid Miss Margot Reynolds
Mrs Clandon Miss Janet Rawlings
Dolly Clandon Miss D. Brain
Gloria Clandon Mrs R. H. Robson
Considering that owing to illness many of the parts were taken at the shortest notice the
reading
was very well done'
1900-1945
Date:27 Feb 1931
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Reckitt House
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1860
Socio-Economic Group:n/a
Occupation:n/a
Religion:Quaker or associated with the Friends
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
members of XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 23 January 1930
Genre:Minutes
Form of Text:Manuscript: Notebook
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:29471
Source:Manuscript
Author:Howard Smith
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:216
Additional Information:
Howard Smith was secretary to the XII Book Club 1923-1931. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.
Citation:
Howard Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31), private collection, 216, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29471, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
It is assumed that it was Howard Smith, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting.
Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php).