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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108054595
ISBN-139781108054591
eBay Product ID (ePID)117205664
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Number of Pages388 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLife of Mrs Jordan : Including Original Private Correspondence, and Numerous Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries
Publication Year2012
SubjectEntertainment & Performing Arts, Europe / Great Britain / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJames Boaden
SeriesCambridge Library Collection-British and Irish History, 19th Century Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume NumberVolume 2
Volume NumberVolume 2
IllustratedYes
Table Of Content15. Benefits for the family of John Palmer, at Liverpool, and in London; 16. The summer theatre; 17. Season of 1800-1; 18. Decided hostilities of 1801-2; 19. Bannister's administration, or all the talents he could get; 20. The reservoirs of some use at Drury Lane; 21. The young Roscius acts Norval to great houses; 22. The classical season at Drury; 23. Domestic arrangements of Mrs Jordan; 24. Attachments of the Princes; 25. Three distinct sources of calumny; 26. Sir Jonah Barrington's allusion to a distressing event, which he declines to relate; 27. Some reflections on the explanation preceding; 28. The administration to Mrs Jordan's effects.
SynopsisThe 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., This two-volume biography presents the extraordinary and moving story, from acclaim to obscurity, of Dorothy Jordan (1761-1816), the celebrated comic actress, lover of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, and contemporary of Sarah Siddons. It was published in 1831 by her friend, the playwright and biographer James Boaden (1762-1839).
