Elizabeth Inchbald

Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), (née Simpson) was an English actress, dramatist, and novelist, daughter of John Simpson, a Suffolk farmer. She came to London at the age of 18, seeking a theatrical engagement. After some adventures she met Joseph Inchbald, an actor of no note, to whom she was married in 1772. Shortly afterwards she made her début as Cordelia at Bristol. After seven years in the provinces and nine in London, during which she failed to rise high in her profession, she turned to literature. She wrote and adapted many plays, but the works by which she is remembered are two novels, "A Simple Story" and "Nature and Art".

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