Ann Julia Hatton, née Kemble (other married name Curtis; also known as Ann of Swansea) (29 April 1764 – 26 December 1838), was a popular novelist of the early 19th century. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar
Ann Hatton was the daughter of strolling player Roger Kemble. Roger Kemble (1721-1802 was an English strolling player and Actor. Her siblings included the famous actress Sarah Siddons and actor John Philip Kemble. Sarah Siddons ( 5 July 1755 &ndash 8 June 1831) was a British actress, the best-known Tragedienne of the John Philip Kemble ( February 1, 1757 &ndash February 26, 1823) was an English Actor. Other members of the Kemble family were also actors. Kemble is the name of a family of English actors of whom the most famous were Sarah Siddons (1755-1831 and her brother John Philip Kemble (1757-1823 the two eldest
Ann was apprenticed to a mantua maker before going on the stage. She first married an actor, C. Curtis, before finding that he was already married. She was left in such straits financially that she appealed for relief from the public in a newspaper advertisement of 1783 and later attempted suicide in Westminster Abbey. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church
In 1792 Ann married William Hatton and a year later went to America. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In 1794 Hatton's tremendously popular "Tammany: The Indian Chief" premiered on Broadway. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located It was the first known libretto by a woman and it was the first major opera libretto written in the United States that had an American theme. A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and
By 1799 the Hattons had returned to Britain and settled in Swansea, where they ran the bathing house and lodgings. After her husband's death in 1806, Ann kept a dancing school in Kidwelly until 1809. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year She spent the remainder of her life in Swansea.
Works
- Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1783) (under name Ann Curtis).
- Cambrian Pictures (1810) (first novel, under name Ann of Swansea).
- Poetic Trifles (1811).
- Sicilian Mysteries (1812).
- Chronicles of an Illustrious House (1816) .
- Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments (1821)[1]
External links
- Moira Dearnley, ‘Hatton , Ann Julia (1764–1838)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 14 Nov 2006
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic