Record Number: 4121
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?He ingenuously seized opportunities, when his parents were away from home, to construct his private theatricals, which he did by converting folding doors into a green curtain, the back apartment into a stage and the front into a pit, boxes and gallery for the accommodation of his imaginary or, at best, scanty audience. ? his favourite play was Alexander, in which he enacted the principal part himself. The mad poetry of that piece was his favourite recitation and it would have been difficult to discover an actor who could give greater force to the tempestuous passage of his Bucephalus than young Maturin.?
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1782
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Curate
Religion:Christian (Church of England)
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Rival Queens, or The Death of Alexander
Genre:Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1677
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4121
Source:n/a
Editor:n/a
Title:The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
Place of Publication:n/a
Date of Publication:1827
Vol:XIX
Page:574
Additional Comments:
Anonymous article 'Conversations with Maturin', pp. 570-77.
Citation:
The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, (1827), XIX, p. 574, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4121, accessed: 05 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None
