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020 $a0813122368 (cloth : alk. paper)
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100 1 $aJenkins, Annibel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85234799
245 10 $aI'll tell you what :$bthe life of Elizabeth Inchbald /$cAnnibel Jenkins.
260 $aLexington :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $a596 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [559]-565) and index.
505 0 $aIn London to find a fortune -- Scotland and the perils of travel -- Wilkinson and the York Company -- London at last -- To Ireland with Hitchcock -- 1784 -- New plays and a publisher -- 1788-1789 -- A new chapter -- Nature and art, a second novel, and new plays -- A new century -- The last years.
520 1 $a"On April 10, 1772, eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Simpson packed up her possessions, wrote her mother a note, and struck out alone to find fame and fortune as an actress. Late-eighteenth-century London was brimming with fascinating people, grand theatre, and political intrigue, and the beautiful young Elizabeth wanted a taste of it all.
520 8 $aAfter several years touring the surrounding countryside with struggling theatre troupes, she would eventually find herself at the center of the city's social and cultural circles.".
520 8 $a"I'll Tell You What: The Life of Elizabeth Inchbald follows Elizabeth Simpson on her journey to becoming the "Celebrated Mrs. Inchbald" - actress, playwright, novelist, and respected drama critic.
520 8 $aUsing material from Inchbald's own pocket books detailing her daily life (she destroyed most of her letters and journals late in life at the advice of a Catholic confessor) as well as a wealth of other sources, Annibel Jenkins provides a vibrant portrait of life in eighteenth-century London as well as the first full story of this fascinating and thoroughly modern woman."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aInchbald,$cMrs.,$d1753-1821.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50039098
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113580
650 0 $aAuthors, English$y18th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100560
650 0 $aTheater critics$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aActors$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100558
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