Elizabeth Simpson
married the actor Joseph Inchbald
in a Catholic ceremony: the Anglican one, as required by law, followed the next day.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
10
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Inchbald
EI
's husband Joseph
died suddenly at Leeds, where they were acting with Tate Wilkinson
's company.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
19
Occupation
Elizabeth Inchbald
EI
fulfilled her ambition to be an actress: she opened on stage at Bristol, playing Cordelia to her new husband
's King Lear.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
11
Occupation
Elizabeth Inchbald
EI
and her husband
left Bristol by sea to join West Digges
' theatre company acting at Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
11-12
Occupation
Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth
and Joseph Inchbald
signed up with Joseph Younger
's theatre company in Liverpool; that season they acted there and in Manchester.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
15
Travel
Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth Simpson
(later EI
) made her first visit to London; there she met Joseph Inchbald
, her future husband.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
5-6
Travel
Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth
and Joseph Inchbald
sailed from Shields in Scotland for France, in order for Elizabeth to study French and her husband to improve his painting.
Manvell, Roger. Elizabeth Inchbald: England’s Principal Woman Dramatist and Independent Woman of Letters in 18th Century London. University Press of America, 1987.
15
Inchbald, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. A Simple Story, edited by Jane Spencer and Joyce Marjorie Sanxter Tompkins, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. vii - xxxiii.