Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821)
Autore di A Simple Story
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Opere di Elizabeth Inchbald
The British theatre Volume Ñ. 9; Or, a collection of plays, which are acted at the theaters royal With… (2012) 1 copia
Lovers no conjurors 1 copia
The Mogul Tale; or the descent of the balloon: a farce, in two acts [and in prose. By E. I.] 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson
Simpson, Elizabeth (birth name) - Data di nascita
- 1753-10-15
- Data di morte
- 1821-08-01
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- England
UK - Luogo di nascita
- Stanningfield, Suffolk, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Suffolk, England, UK
London, England, UK
Liverpool, England, UK
Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Dublin, Ireland - Istruzione
- self-educated
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
playwright
actor
translator
editor
drama critic - Organizzazioni
- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
- Breve biografia
- Elizabeth Inchbald, née Simpson, was born to a farming family in Stanningfield, Suffolk, England. She was educated at home and then ran away to London at age 18 to become an actor. She had a strong stammer that impeded her stage performances, but was greatly admired for her beauty and personality. In 1772, she married Joseph Inchbald, a fellow actor twice her age, in part for protection from the sexual advances of male theater personnel. Together they played the provincial theaters for four years. After her husband's death, Elizabeth continued to act for several years in Dublin, London, and elsewhere. She appeared in classical roles and new plays such as Hannah Cowley’s The Belle’s Stratagem, and subsequently began writing her own works. She became one of the first women in Great Britain to achieve fame as a playwright. She published about 20 plays,
including Lovers’ Vows (1798), which was featured by Jane Austen in her novel Mansfield Park. Elizabeth also wrote two novels, A Simple Story (1791) and Nature and Art (1796) that are still widely read today.
She also worked as a translator, and became one of the first prominent British female drama critics.
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
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- ISBN
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I downloaded this from Project Gutenberg because I am rereading Mansfield Park and this is the play that Tom Bertram and the others decide to put on. Jane Austin's contemporary readers would have been familiar with the play but the scene in which Maria and Julia argue about who will play Agatha was a bit unclear to me. So glad I decided to take the time to read this!… (altro)