Frances Burney (1776 – 1828), governess and author, was the niece of Frances Burney the well-known novelist. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap For playwright Frances Burney (1776–1828 niece of novelist Fanny Burney Madame d'Arblay 1752-1840 see Frances Burney (1776–1828 Frances Burney One of eight children of musicians Esther (Hetty) Burney (1749–1832) and Charles Rousseau Burney (1747–1819), she became a governess at the age of eighteen and worked in various such posts for the rest of her life. A governess is a female employee of a family who teaches children within their home

In 1818 she published Tragic dramas; chiefly intended for representation in private families: to which is added, Aristodemus, a tragedy, from the Italian of Vincenzo Monti. Given this sub-title, Emma Plaskitt speculates that Burney was affected by "the concerns of her grandfather Charles Burney (1726–1814) about the potential impropriety of the stage, particularly for female dramatists. Charles Burney ( 7 April 1726 &ndash 12 April 1814) was an English music historian and father of author Frances "

Suffering from chronic ill health, she died in 1828 in Bath. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol.

Plays

• Fitzormond, or, Cherished Resentment (1818)
• Malek Adhel, the Champion of the Crescent (1818)

References

• Plaskitt, Emma. “Burney, Frances (1776–1828). ” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. 30 Nov. 2006.