Late in the year of HC
's first major stage success, her father Philip Parkhouse
wrote to their patron Lord Harrowby
to argue that her literary achievements merited a pension, or else a better position...
Textual Production
Hannah Cowley
Colman accepted HC
's tragedy while other managers were still noncommittal.
Link, Frederick M., and Hannah Cowley. “Introduction”. The Plays of Hannah Cowley, Vol.
1
, Garland, p. v - xlxx.
xvi
She revised it for publication on 28 August, and dedicated it to Lord Harrowby
, who, with his wife
, had both taken...
Friends, Associates
Hannah Cowley
She also owed to her father's contacts the early patronage (crucial for both herself and her husband) of Nathaniel Ryder, Lord Harrowby
. Another friendship formed in Tiverton was that with artist Richard Cosway
...