{"product_id":"memoirs-of-mrs-inchbald-volume-1-including-her-familiar-correspondence-with-the-most-distinguished-persons-of-her-time-paperback-9781108064972","title":"Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald: Volume 1; Including her Familiar Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Persons of her Time (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108064972","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs of Mrs Inchbald: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIncluding her Familiar Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Persons of her Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1833, this two-volume biography explores the lively personal, theatrical and literary life of an eighteenth-century actress and author.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Boaden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108064972, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlthough she overcame a stammer to fulfil her acting ambitions, Elizabeth Simpson (1753–1821), known as Mrs Inchbald after her marriage in 1772, was more acclaimed for her good looks than her performances. Her husband was an actor, and she formed strong friendships with Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble, but her greatest impact was as a playwright, novelist, editor and critic. Despite her decision to destroy a four-volume autobiography, her extensive surviving journals and letters allowed James Boaden (1762–1839) to publish this two-volume work in 1833. Having produced biographies of Siddons, Kemble and Dorothy Jordan (which are also reissued in this series), Boaden presents here an informed account of this remarkable woman's personal, theatrical and literary life. Volume 1 covers the period from her birth to 1796 and includes as an appendix The Massacre (1792), a suppressed historical drama about the persecution of Huguenots in 1572.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAdvertisement\u003cbr\u003e 1. Importance of biography\u003cbr\u003e 2. Juvenile indiscretions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Revisits Standingfield\u003cbr\u003e 4. St Valleri\u003cbr\u003e 5. Peculiar feelings of actors\u003cbr\u003e 6. Year 1780\u003cbr\u003e 7. First appears in Bellario\u003cbr\u003e 8. Exercises herself on the pantomime as usual\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kemble takes her lodgings\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Morells\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fate of the Hue and Cry\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Simple Story\u003cbr\u003e 13. Publishes her novel\u003cbr\u003e 14. Splendid success\u003cbr\u003e 15. Begins a new comedy\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266151010584,"sku":"9781108064972","price":33.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108064972i_10a91caf-9547-47f6-bf05-c0590a9322af.jpg?v=1696748562","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-of-mrs-inchbald-volume-1-including-her-familiar-correspondence-with-the-most-distinguished-persons-of-her-time-paperback-9781108064972","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}