Marianne Chambers (
fl.
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1799-1811 or 1812)
was an English playwright.
In 1799 she published a novel, ''He Deceives Himself: A Domestic Tale'' in three volumes, which was favourably reviewed in ''
The Gentleman's Magazine
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'': "in its perusal we have received more pleasure and real satisfaction than from any work of its kind published for some years past". The author is described as "Daughter of the late Mr Charles Chambers, many Years in the Honorable East India Company's service, and unfortunately lost in the Winterton Indiaman".
She wrote two comedies, ''The School for Friends'' (first performed at
Drury Lane Theatre
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drur ...
on 10 December 1805) and ''Ourselves'' (first performed at
The Lyceum on 2 March 1811).
These were described as "critically acclaimed".
After the production of these two plays she is said to have "disappeared from public notice" and written no more.
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The School for Friends' Full text
18th-century births
19th-century deaths
19th-century English dramatists and playwrights
English women dramatists and playwrights
19th-century women writers
19th-century English women
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