Marianne Chambers

Marianne Chambers (fl. 1799-1811 or 1812)^[1] was an English playwright.

In 1799 she published a novel, He Deceives Himself: A Domestic Tale in three volumes, which was favourably reviewed in The Gentleman's Magazine: "in its perusal we have received more pleasure and real satisfaction than from any work of its kind published for some years past". The author is described as "Daughter of the late Mr Charles Chambers, many Years in the Honorable East India Company's service, and unfortunately lost in the Winterton Indiaman".^[2]

She wrote two comedies, The School for Friends (first performed at Drury Lane Theatre on 10 December 1805) and Ourselves (first performed at The Lyceum on 2 March 1811).^[3][4] These were described as "critically acclaimed".^[5]

After the production of these two plays she is said to have "disappeared from public notice" and written no more.^[5]

References

1. Burroughs, Catherine B. (2015). Closet Stages: Joanna Baillie and the Theater Theory of British Romantic Women Writers. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 74. ISBN 9781512801019. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
2. "Review of New Publications". The Gentleman's Magazine. 86: 787. 1799. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
3. Looser, Devoney (2015). The Cambridge Companion to Women's Writing in the Romantic Period. Cambridge UP. p. 39. ISBN 9781107016682. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
4. Nicoll, Allardyce (1955). A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Volume 4: 1800-1850. Cambridge UP. p. 279. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
5. Mann, Susan Garland; Garnier, Camille (1996). Women Playwrights in England, Ireland, and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana UP. p. 72. ISBN 9780253330871. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

External links

• The School for Friends Full text