Mary Berry in Broadstairs - 31 August, 1794
from Letter from Mary Berry to Ann Damer, 1 September 1794, page 435:
What jolly souls, as you truly say, are the Greatheads! We dined with them yesterday with such an Irish, vulgar, acting Capt. Ashe! who we are to see act ‘Hamlet,’ at the Margate Theatre on Tuesday next. Such singing, such wit, such laughter; and they, good-humoured creatures, so enjoying it! But do not pity me and suppose that I did otherwise. When I am neither morally nor physically unwell, as few people observe more, so nobody can be more entertained with this sort of accidental society, marked with … more >>
Mary Berry, Letter from Mary Berry to Ann Damer, 1 September 1794. In Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journal and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852, volume 1 (London, 1865), p. 435. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541522312730 accessed: 8 September, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersunspecified songs | performed by Captain Ashe |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 31 August, 1794 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |