Record Number: 31653

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held on Monday 27th October at the Palace Theatre

The Book Club turned out almost in its entirety to see in Marie Tempest in “The First Mrs. Fraser”. It was a good performance which we all enjoyed & we are grateful to Edith Smith for so efficiently booking the seats and distributing the tickets.

[signed as a true record by] F. E. Pollard 16.XII.41.

[Marginal note in pencil:] Thanks also are due to those who provided refreshments many and varied during the intervals'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Dec 1941

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 22, Cintra Avenue

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Francis E. Pollard

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1872

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Formerly schoolmaster, now occasional lecturer and supply teacher, and supported also by wife's unearned income

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Margaret Dilks

Title:

[Note of a visit made by members of the XII Book Club to the Palace Theatre in Reading on Monday 27 October 1941]

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Note

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

31653

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Dilks

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

105

Additional Information:

Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 105, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31653, accessed: 14 May 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).