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"Mrs Jordan's Profession: The story of a great actress and a future King
Claire Tomalin
Penguin, 1995
ISBN 0140159231
Dora Jordan (1761-1816) was one of the great British comic actresses of her age, though she is probably better remembered as the mistress of the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV. For about 20 years she and the Duke lived together in a state of domesticity, during which she bore him 10 children, in addition to three she had had by previous relationships.
Throughout this time she pursued her career on the stage, mainly at Drury Lane but also touring with repertory companies throughout England. Unhappily, political considerations forced the Duke to seek a bride, and the relationship was terminated in unhappy circumstances which reflected badly on him. She died penniless in Paris in 1816.
This book places most emphasis on her relationship with the Duke and her children, but also has much about her professional career and her dealings with the playwright and theatre proprietor Richard brinsley Sheridan. A final chapter brings the story up to date by revealing what became of the Fitzclarences, her children by the Duke.
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John Van der Kiste, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Royalty bio
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 18th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More in color 6-10
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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