Virginia Woolf - 30 March, 1922

from The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.2, 1920-1924, page 174:

I am shirking Bobo's rehearsal, which I meant to describe. Miss Craig is a rosy, ruddy 'personage' in white waistcoat, with black bow tie & gold chain loosely knotted.

Stop those monkey tricks, do Saunders - & let us have some light.

Miss Craig (Saunders stands right up to the footlights & shouts through her hollowed hands:) 'There's a short on the battens Miss Craig.'

Let's have the floats then...

Now, all of you.  I want you to listen carefully to the music.  Make the movements that suggest themselves to you.

...as usual, it is…   more >>

cite as

Virginia Woolf, and Anne Olivier Bell and Andrew McNeillie (ed.), The diary of Virginia Woolf. Vol.2, 1920-1924 (:London, 1978), p. 174. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1444654955510 accessed: 29 March, 2024

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Virginia Woolf
Writer
1882-1941

Experience Information

Date/Time 30 March, 1922
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Jo Reardon on Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:02:35 +0100
Approved on Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:45:56 +0000