Enoch Arden

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Event Enoch Arden
Venue Good Templar Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 15 September 1880
Last Date 15 September 1880
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description …In the course of a short preliminary address relating to the author, Dr Wanstall stated that he had not recited the poem since 1876, and that it was eight years since he had read it. Such being the case, it was an admirable effort of memory, for which the reciter deserves praise, as he also is entitled to commendation for his free delivery and the pathetic manner in which the characters introduced in the story were delineated….
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Recitation
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Forster Wanstall Performer
Alfred Tennyson Poet
Text Nationality England
Further Information Performed to a small audience, possibly at Blueskin Bay.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 197052