Record Number: 33053
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
24 June 1916 �I came to this dreadful place a week ago. The Medical Board gave me �light duty��but they don�t understand the term here. We get up at 5.30 a.m. and are still at it till tea time and sometimes later. And all the time the same monotonous work�shouting oneself hoarse � I�ve got something you must read�Bernard Shaw�s preface to Androcles and the Lion, just published. It is, I think, the last word on Christianity, and one of the best things Shaw has ever written � I get the New Age every week ��
Century:1900-1945
Date:24 Jun 1916
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Rugeley
county: Staffordshire
other location: Rugeley Camp
(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:4 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Yorkshire Regiment
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Androcles and the Lion
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Constable, 1916
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33053
Source:Herbert Read
Editor:n/a
Title:The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1963
Vol:n/a
Page:71-2
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Herbert Read, The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies, (London, 1963), p. 71-2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33053, accessed: 04 February 2026
Additional Comments:
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