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Physical description; xvi, 477 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Subjects; Robinson, Mary 1758-1800. Actresses - Great Britain - Biography. Mistresses - Great Britain - Biography. Women poets, English - 18th century - Biography.

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‘Enthralling and perceptive ... A fine biographer has conjured up a dazzling personality and brought her, laughing, back to life.’ Sunday Times

‘Mary Robinson, scandalous darling of the 18th-century stage and letters, is given a welcome rebirth. A full-scale literary biography ... a fitting tribute to her.’ Observer

‘Robinson’s is a life that bears the retelling. She cuts a figure in the history of celebrity culture and in literary history. Paula Byrne’s full-scale biography is scholarly, lively and important.’ Daily Telegraph

‘... a superbly researched and narrated life of a woman whose capacity for self-transformation, when combined with beauty, talent, wit and passion suggest that she may be the most interesting of all.’ Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times

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‘This scholarly, perceptive book leaves you wanting more from the same author.’ Loraine Fletcher, Independent

Praise for Jane Austen and the Theatre:

· ‘This scholarly, perceptive book leaves you wanting more from the same author.’–Loraine Fletcher, Independent

· ‘The definitive and pioneering work on the subject...Byrne’s perspective as a theatre historian exposes much that is original...Jane Austen and the Theatre has much to say to the theatre historian about an extraordinary member of the late-eighteenth-century audience, and a great deal more to teach the literary critic about that theatregoer’s own art.’–Michael Caines, TLS

· ’Fascinating and elegant...invaluable as an academic study of the way that Austen, like Henry James after her, made brilliant use of theatrical techniques.’–Miranda Seymour, Spectator

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Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late-eighteenth-century England. One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a middle-class father, Mary was married, at age fourteen, to Thomas Robinson. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby in debtors' prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and met lifelong friend Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire. On her release, Mary quickly became one of the most popular actresses of the day, famously playing Perdita in The Winter's Tale for a rapt audience that included the Prince of Wales, who fell madly in love with her. She later used his copious love letters for blackmail. This authoritative and engaging book presents a fascinating portrait of a woman who was variously darling of the London stage, a poet whose work was admired by Coleridge and a mistress to the most powerful men in England, and yet whose fortunes were nevertheless precarious, always on the brink of being squandered through recklessness, excess and passion.

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  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 0007164602
  • ISBN 13 9780007164608
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  • Number of pages480
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