... Mrs. Inchbald was one of the chief friends in author- ship whom he lauded in it and she repaid his services by the legacy of £ 100 . In 1799 a project , supported by the duke of Clarence , was set on foot for commemorating the 82 ...

... In author was ninety years of age when tragedy there was little more than an he played Sir Pertinax at Covent Gar- unbroken series of dreary , bombastic , den . Mrs. Inchbald was one of the declamatory plays , every one of which ...

... MRS . ( d . 1786 ) , actress , whose maiden name was Adcock , was presumably ... in ' Author , ' Floretta in the ' Quaker , ' and Foi- ' She would and ... Inchbald's Ap- pearance is against them . ' She also played Lucetta in the ...

Shakespeare is both the world's most quoted author and a frequent quoter himself. This volume unites these creative practices.

... Mrs. Inchbald's acting text of 1808 ) was debated , pro and con , by F. W. Bateson and R. Crompton Rhodes in the ... in author's manuscript or prompter's transcript , exceeds the usual limits of these Textual Notes , but the case ...

This book explores how authors profited from their writings in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, contending that the most tangible benefits were social, rather than financial or aesthetic.

In Writing Women's Literary History, Margaret Ezell critically examines these successful women's literary histories and applies to them the same self-conscious feminism that critics have applied to more traditional methods.

... Elizabeth Inchbald , began their careers as players . A respectable woman did not have this resource . Burney had some experience with amateur productions but her stagecraft could only be learnt as a member of the audience . In the ...

Plotting theatrical change over time, from the mid-sixteenth to the late eighteenth century, this book will revolutionize the fields of textual and theatre history alike.