Hannah Brand

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HB , who was active at the end of the eighteenth century, was a mediocre poet but a remarkable, unconventional playwright who produced tragedy, comedy, and translation.

Milestones

19 November 1754

HB was born in Norwich, the youngest of her family; she was christened six days later at St Peter Mancroft in Norwich.
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About 14 February 1786

HB wrote the poetic Valentine for her sister Mary which she later printed first in her collected volume.
Brand, Hannah. Plays and Poems. Beatniffe and Payne; Elmsley and Bremner.
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Feminist Companion Archive.

7 April 1791

HB 's tragedy Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade was performed at Norwich's Theatre Royal .
Mann, David D. et al. Women Playwrights in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1660-1823. Indiana University Press.
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Chandler, David. “’The Athens of England’: Norwich as a Literary Center in the Late Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, pp. 171-92.
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March 1821

HB died in her late sixties; her sister Mary survived her by five years.
Nichols, John, and John Bowyer Nichols. Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Printed for the author by Nichols, Son, and Bentley.
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Biography

Birth and Family

19 November 1754

HB was born in Norwich, the youngest of her family; she was christened six days later at St Peter Mancroft in Norwich.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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