{"product_id":"the-life-of-mrs-jordan-including-original-private-correspondence-and-numerous-anecdotes-of-her-contemporaries-paperback-9781108054591","title":"The Life of Mrs Jordan; Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of her Contemporaries (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108054591","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Mrs Jordan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIncluding Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of her Contemporaries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA playwright-turned-biographer's 1831 account of the extraordinary life of Dorothy Jordan, celebrated actress and mistress of William, Duke of Clarence.\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\"\u003e9781108054591, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 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\"\u003eThe actress Dorothy Jordan (1761–1816), contemporary of Sarah Siddons, was born in London, one of nine children. Her reputation as the greatest comic actress of her time was secured upon joining Sheridan's company at Drury Lane in 1785. Remembered particularly for cross-dressing roles such as Rosalind in As You Like It and Viola in Twelfth Night, she brought great charm and spontaneity to her interpretations. Her life off-stage was equally colourful, and she was for over twenty years the lover of William, Duke of Clarence, with whom she had ten children. This two-volume biography, first published in 1831, was written by her friend James Boaden (1762–1839), a playwright who later turned to theatrical biography. In it, he relates the extraordinary and poignant story of her life from acclaim to obscurity. Volume 2 covers her many provincial tours, her enforced separation from Clarence, retirement and self-imposed exile in France.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e15. Benefits for the family of John Palmer, at Liverpool, and in London\u003cbr\u003e 16. The summer theatre\u003cbr\u003e 17. Season of 1800–1\u003cbr\u003e 18. Decided hostilities of 1801–2\u003cbr\u003e 19. Bannister's administration, or all the talents he could get\u003cbr\u003e 20. The reservoirs of some use at Drury Lane\u003cbr\u003e 21. The young Roscius acts Norval to great houses\u003cbr\u003e 22. The classical season at Drury\u003cbr\u003e 23. Domestic arrangements of Mrs Jordan\u003cbr\u003e 24. Attachments of the Princes\u003cbr\u003e 25. Three distinct sources of calumny\u003cbr\u003e 26. Sir Jonah Barrington's allusion to a distressing event, which he declines to relate\u003cbr\u003e 27. Some reflections on the explanation preceding\u003cbr\u003e 28. The administration to Mrs Jordan's effects.\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":46266111656216,"sku":"9781108054591","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108054591i.jpg?v=1696747213","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-mrs-jordan-including-original-private-correspondence-and-numerous-anecdotes-of-her-contemporaries-paperback-9781108054591","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}