Mary Delany - between December, 1750 and January, 1751

from Letter from Mrs Delaney to Mrs Dewes, Delville, 2 February 1750-1751, pages 12-13:

We went to the rehearsal of Joshua last Tuesday; were charmed with it— never heard it hefore, but it was so cold on Thursday I had not not courage to go to the night performance of it.

cite as

Mary Delany, Letter from Mrs Delaney to Mrs Dewes, Delville, 2 February 1750-1751. In Augusta Hall (ed.), The Autobiography and correspondence of Mary Granville, volume Series,1 Vol. III (London, 1861), p. 12-13. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436171956087 accessed: 25 April, 2024

Listeners

Mary Delany
Botanical decoupage artist letter-writer, blue-stocking, Artist, Writer
1700-1788

Listening to

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Joshua

Experience Information

Date/Time between December, 1750 and January, 1751
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors

Originally submitted by Liz Ford on Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:39:16 +0100
Approved on Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:38:45 +0000