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S. A. Reynolds in the Chair<br/>
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wife that was another ""Joseph Surface"".<br/>
[...]<br/>
4 Geo Burrow then gave a short sketch of Ibsen"s life, his Father a merchant out of mixed Danish
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Monsen R H Robson<br/>
Ringdal G Burrow<br/>
Fjeldbo H. R Smith<br/>
Erik C. E. Stansfield<br/>
Salma [i.e. Selma] Mrs Robson<br/>
Thora Dorothy Brain<br/>
Lundestad A. Rawlings<br/>
Hejre E. B. Castle<br/>
[...]<br/>
7 Readings from Act I and Act IV of The Wild Duck were then given by:—<br/>
Werle F E Pollard<br/>
Gregers R H Robson<br/>
Hjalmar [Halmar] H R Smith<br/>
Gina Mrs Robson<br/>
Hedwig [Hedvig] Dorothy Brain<br/>
Riddell [sic] C. E. Stansfield<br/>
[...]<br/>
9 C E Stansfield added a note about Peer Gynt which was written in Italy during 1866/67 — a poem
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10. A general discussion followed"</ptr>
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S. A. Reynolds in the Chair<br/>
1. On the minutes of last meeting read, R. H. Robson declared that he had not made love to his own
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[...]<br/>
4 Geo Burrow then gave a short sketch of Ibsen"s life, his Father a merchant out of mixed Danish
Swedish blood & mother a German — his first play produced at Christiana in 1850, but was not
published. He was appointed Poet to theatre at Bergen, which meant being ""General Utility"" man, thus
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which various attempts to get Bratsberg"s support for one of his financial schemes & on being
rebuffed, threatens to [2 un-deciphered words] by disclosing his son"s forgery of his name on a bill.<br/>
The cast were:—<br/>
Bratsberg F E Pollard<br/>
Monsen R H Robson<br/>
Ringdal G Burrow<br/>
Fjeldbo H. R Smith<br/>
Erik C. E. Stansfield<br/>
Salma [i.e. Selma] Mrs Robson<br/>
Thora Dorothy Brain<br/>
Lundestad A. Rawlings<br/>
Hejre E. B. Castle<br/>
[...]<br/>
7 Readings from Act I and Act IV of The Wild Duck were then given by:—<br/>
Werle F E Pollard<br/>
Gregers R H Robson<br/>
Hjalmar [Halmar] H R Smith<br/>
Gina Mrs Robson<br/>
Hedwig [Hedvig] Dorothy Brain<br/>
Riddell [sic] C. E. Stansfield<br/>
[...]<br/>
9 C E Stansfield added a note about Peer Gynt which was written in Italy during 1866/67 — a poem
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