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Record Number: 31759

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at School House. 18th October 1940.
R. D. L. Moore in the Chair.
[...]
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
4. The evening was devoted to reading �Roberts Wife� by St. John Moore with the following cast:�
June Harvey �� Muriel Stevens
Anne �� Violet Clough
Miss Orley �� Rosamund Wallis
Sanchia Carson �� Margaret Dilks
Dick Jones �� A. B. Dilks
Robert Carson �� Roger Moore
Dr. Grahame, Bishop of Winterbourne �� F. E. Pollard
Mrs. Jones �� Edith Smith
Bob Carson �� A. B. Dilks
Mrs. Armitage �� Mary S. W. Pollard
Rev. Jefferson �� Howard Smith
Chief Inspector Lindsey �� F. E. Pollard
Inspector Futvoye �� Arnold Joselin
Violet Clough introduced the play, and read the stage directions.

[signed] Rosamund Wallis
Nov. 18th 1940'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

18 Oct 1940

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: School House, Leighton Park School

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Violet Clough

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Violet Clough

Title:

[An introduction to the play Robert�s Wife by St. John Ervine]

Genre:

Drama, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31759

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Dilks

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

77�8

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 77�8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31759, accessed: 04 February 2026

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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).