Newsletter of the Elizabeth Craven Society 2019
It has been an eventful year for the Elizabeth Craven Society.
On January 19th 2019, a reading was held of Craven's play The Miniature Picture, at the play-reading group of Dr Lois Potter in London University. For many, this was their first acquaintance with the play and with Elizabeth Craven. It was a very jolly occasion. The general verdict is that this is still a performable play, whose comedy would amuse a modern audience, and whose feminist ideas come over very clearly.
Other highlights have included the discovery of two hitherto unknown works by Elizabeth Craven, including the full-length novel The Witch and the Maid of Honour, which is written about here on my blog:-
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The other work, never before studied by any critic or attributed to her in bibliographies, is Pleasant Pastime for a Christmas Evening, written about on my blog here:-
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Both works have been added to her lengthening bibliography:-
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The Society has acquired a manuscript letter written by Elizabeth Craven in April 1802:-
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And recently, American scholar Jillian Kamp has tracked down the surviving diaries of the Hon Georgiana Craven, Elizabeth's third daughter, which are preserved in the LaBudde Special Collection at the University of Missouri. These diaries which start in 1820 offer a lot of fascinating tit-bits about London high society in late Georgian times, and the friends and relatives of the Craven family.
Well done, Jill!
On January 19th 2019, a reading was held of Craven's play The Miniature Picture, at the play-reading group of Dr Lois Potter in London University. For many, this was their first acquaintance with the play and with Elizabeth Craven. It was a very jolly occasion. The general verdict is that this is still a performable play, whose comedy would amuse a modern audience, and whose feminist ideas come over very clearly.
Other highlights have included the discovery of two hitherto unknown works by Elizabeth Craven, including the full-length novel The Witch and the Maid of Honour, which is written about here on my blog:-
https://
The other work, never before studied by any critic or attributed to her in bibliographies, is Pleasant Pastime for a Christmas Evening, written about on my blog here:-
https://
Both works have been added to her lengthening bibliography:-
https://
The Society has acquired a manuscript letter written by Elizabeth Craven in April 1802:-
https://
And recently, American scholar Jillian Kamp has tracked down the surviving diaries of the Hon Georgiana Craven, Elizabeth's third daughter, which are preserved in the LaBudde Special Collection at the University of Missouri. These diaries which start in 1820 offer a lot of fascinating tit-bits about London high society in late Georgian times, and the friends and relatives of the Craven family.
Well done, Jill!
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