Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821)
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- Inchbald, Elizabeth Simpson
Simpson, Elizabeth (birth name) - Syntymäaika
- 1753-10-15
- Kuolinaika
- 1821-08-01
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- England
UK - Syntymäpaikka
- Stanningfield, Suffolk, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Suffolk, England, UK
London, England, UK
Liverpool, England, UK
Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Dublin, Ireland - Koulutus
- self-educated
- Ammatit
- novelist
playwright
actor
translator
editor
drama critic - Organisaatiot
- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- 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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