Richard Paul Jodrell ( November 13, 1745 - January 26, 1831 ) is a little-known English playwright .
Content
- 1 Origin
- 2 Biography
- 3 Artworks
- 4 family
- 5 notes
- 6 Sources
- 7 References
Origin
Richard Paul Jodrell came from an ancient family, originally Derbyshire , and later Staffordshire . His great-grandfather, Paul Jodrell, was a clerk in the House of Commons . His father, with the same name, was the general solicitor of Frederick, Prince of Wales , and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Warner. They had three sons: the subject of this article; Paul, knighted in 1787 and, as a physician of Nabob Arkot , who died in Madras in 1803; and Henry , barrister and MP.
Biography
Richard Paul Jodrell was born November 13, 1745; having lost his father in 1751, he lived on his estate for almost 80 years. He was educated in Eton and Hertford colleges. He showed a penchant for classical sciences.
Jodrell was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1772, the Society of Antiquaries in 1784. Doctor of Civil Law since July 4, 1793.
In the general election of 1790, Jodrell was elected to Parliament from Seaford County but on March 19, 1792 was declared improperly elected. In January 1794 he was re-elected, but in 1796 he was again relieved of his seat.
In his declining years, he began to lose his mind until he reached complete disability. He died in 1831.
Artwork
“A Widow and no Widow” (“A Widow and no Widow”), a three-act drama, was staged in the Haymarket in 1779 and printed in 1780. In the same theater in 1783, he successfully went to Seeing is Believing, in one act, printed in 1786. His tragedy is The Persian Heroine Heroine ”), rejected by the leaders of two large theaters, was published in 1786. The following year he published a collection of dramatic works intended for staging in provincial and private theaters: the farce “Who's Afraid?” (“Who's Afraid?”); comedy “Boarding School Miss”, farce “Everything and Everything” (“One and All”); the comedy “The Disguise” (in a free Bengali translation by Gerasim Lebedev became the first European-style play in the Indian language [1] ); farce “Musically” (“The Musico”) and dramatic scene “Bulse”. In addition, he published in 1785 the historical tale The Knight and Friars.
Family
Jodrell married his second cousin Werth on May 19, 1772. From this woman, who passed away on May 23, 1806, he had five sons and two daughters: two Paul, who both died in infancy, Sir Richard Paul, Edward, Rev. Sheldon, twins Sophia and Louise.
Notes
- ↑ Raha K. Calcutta Theater 1835-1944 // Calcutta, the Living City, Vol I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri. - Oxford University Press, 1995. - P. 187. - ISBN 0195636961 .
Sources
- Jodrell, Richard Paul // The Annual biography and obituary for the year ..., vol. 16. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , 1832