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Record Number: 29675


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Rd., 7.X.33.
    Henry Marriage Wallis in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved

[...]

10. After the interval we read "The Lady with a Lamp" by.[sic]
The parts were taken as follows:—
Mr. Nightingale    Sylvanus Reynolds
Mrs. [Nightingale]    Ethel C. Stevens
Florence [Nightingale]    Elisabeth Alexander
Lord Palmerston    Hy. Marriage Wallis
Mr. Sidney Herbert    Francis E. Pollard
Mrs. [Sidney Herbert]    Dorothy Brain
A Scottish Surgeon    George Burrow
Tremayne    Victor Alexander
A Nurse    Mary Pollard
Another Nurse    Edith B. Smith
Purveyor    Howard R. Smith'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

7 Oct 1933

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Ashton Lodge, Kendrick Road

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ethel C. Stevens

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

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 the XII Book Club


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Reginald Berkeley

Title:

The Lady with a Lamp

Genre:

Drama, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

29675

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

70-74

Additional Information:

Victor Alexander was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1931 to 1940. It is inferred from this that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 70-74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29675, accessed: 03 October 2024


Additional Comments:

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).

   
   
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