Elizabeth Inchbald

Elizabeth Inchbald

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name =Elizabeth Inchbald


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birthdate =1753
birthplace =Standingfield, Suffolk, England, UK
deathdate =1821
deathplace =Kensington, England, UK
occupation =Novelist, Dramatist, Critic, Actress
nationality = British
period =1784-1810
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Elizabeth Inchbald, née Simpson (1753 - 1821) was an English novelist, actress, and dramatist.

Life

Daughter of a Roman Catholic Suffolk farming family, Elizabeth was educated with her sisters at home. At the age of 19 she went to London in order to act. Young and alone, she was apparently the victim of sexual harassment.Spencer, Jane. " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14374 ODNB] ".] In 1772 she agreed to marry the actor Joseph Inchbald (1735–1779), possibly at least partially for protection. The marriage was reported to have had difficulties. For four years the couple toured Scotland with West Digges's theatre company, a demanding life. In 1776 they moved to Liverpool and Inchbald met actors Sarah Siddons and her brother John Philip Kemble, both of whom became important friends. The Inchbalds subsequently moved to Canterbury and Yorkshire. After Joseph Inchbald's death in 1779, Inchbald continued to act for several years, in Dublin, London, and elsewhere. Her acting career, while only moderately successful, spanned seventeen years and she appeared in many classical roles, as well as in new plays such as Hannah Cowley's "The Belle's Strategem".

Between 1784 and 1805 she had nineteen of her comedies, sentimental dramas, and farces (many of which were translations from the French) performed at London theatres. Eighteen of her plays were published, though she wrote several more; the exact number is in dispute though most recent commentators claim between 21 and 23. Her two novels have been frequently reprinted. She also did considerable editorial and critical work. A four-volume autobiography was destroyed before her death upon the advice of her confessor, but she left some of her diaries. The latter are currently held at the Folger Shakespeare Library and an edition was recently published.

Her play "Lovers' Vows" (1798) was featured by Jane Austen in her novel "Mansfield Park".

A political radical and friend of William Godwin and Thomas Holcroft, her political beliefs can more easily be found in her novels than in her plays due to the constrictive environment of the patent theatres of Georgian London. [Smallwood, Angela. " [http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/cw3journal/issues/smallwood.html Women Playwrights] ."] "Inchbald's life was marked by tensions between, on the one hand, political radicalism, a passionate nature evidently attracted to a number of her admirers, and a love of independence, and on the other hand, a desire for social respectability and a strong sense of the emotional attraction of authority figures".

In recent decades Inchbald has been the subject of increasing critical interest, particularly among scholars interested in women's writing.

Works

Plays

Novels

*"A Simple Story" (1791)
*"Nature and Art" (1796)

Critical/editorial work

*"The British Theatre". 25 vols. (1806–9)
*"Collection of Farces and Afterpieces". 7 vols. (1809)
*"The Modern Theatre". 10 vols. (1811)

References

* Katovich, Megan. " [http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/~pcraddoc/Inchbald.html Elizabeth Inchbald: Actress and Playwright] "
* Scott, Elma. [http://www.chawton.org/biography.php?AuthorID=48 author biography of Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) at www.chawton.org]
* Smallwood, Angela. 'Introduction to vol. 6 of "Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights": [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/essays/smallwood_introPC.html Elizabeth Inchbald] .' "British Women Playwrights around 1800". 15 August 2001. 32 pars.
* Smallwood, Angela. " [http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/cw3journal/issues/smallwood.html Women Playwrights, Politics and Convention: the Case of Elizabeth Inchbald’s 'Seditious' Comedy, "Every One Has His Fault" (1793)] ."
* Spencer, Jane. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14374 ‘Inchbald , Elizabeth (1753–1821)’] , "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 10 Nov 2006.
*Robertson, Fiona, ed. "Women's Writing, 1778-1838". Oxford: OUP, 2001.

Footnotes

External links

Etexts

*" [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/plays/inchbald_vows/index.html Lovers' Vows] ". Eds Thomas C. Crochunis and Michael Eberle-Sinatra, with an [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/essays/wordsworth_kotzebue.html introduction] by Jonathan Wordsworth [15 January 2000] .
*" [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4554 Lovers' Vows] " at [http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Project Gutenberg]
*" [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/plays/inchbald_massacre/index.html The Massacre] ". Eds. Thomas C. Crochunis and Michael Eberle-Sinatra, with an [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/essays/oquinn_massacre.html Introduction] by Danny O'Quinn. [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/ British Women Playwrights Around 1800] . 15 April 1999.
*" [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3787 Nature and Art] " at [http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Project Gutenberg]
*" [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/plays/inchbald_suchthings/index.html Such Things Are] ". Eds. Gioia Angeletti and Thomas C. Crochunis, with an introduction by Gioia Angeletti. [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/ British Women Playwrights Around 1800] . 15 May 2003.
*" [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/plays/inchbald_wedding/index.html The Wedding Day] ". Eds. Thomas C. Crochunis and Susan Hyon. [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/ British Women Playwrights Around 1800] . 15 June 2003.
*" [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/plays/inchbald_wivesmaids/index.html Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are] ". Gioia Angeletti and Thomas C. Crochunis. [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/ British Women Playwrights Around 1800] . 15 May 2003.

ites

* [http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800/ British Women Playwrights Around 1800]
* [http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/BookPage.cfm?Work=53818-4 Contents] of "The British Theatre"
* [http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/CW3/AuthorPage.cfm?Author=EI Corvey Women Writers on the Web Author's Page]
* [http://m.faculty.umkc.edu/mallinickd/romanticnovel/scott/index.html Elizabeth Inchbald] , Beatrice S. Scott's site
* [http://www.bartleby.com/221/1213.html Elizabeth Inchbald] . XII. The Georgian Drama. "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes". Volume XI. The Period of the French Revolution (1907–21).
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*Portraits of [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp02355 Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), Actress and writer] , National Portrait Gallery
*" [http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/victoria/ref/ps_prn_cd27_390.html I’ll Tell You What!] ": satiric print of Elizabeth Inchbald


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