Mistress Peachum was Lavinia Fenton, an 18th-century actress who was the original Polly Peachum in John Gay’s celebrated play, The Beggar’s Opera. Both Lavinia and the play were overnight sensations; however, she enjoyed only a few months of fame before she caught the eye of the Duke of Bolton, a married aristocrat, and her life of glamour became ever more scandalous. With a cast of politicians and pickpockets, highwaymen and whores, Mistress Peachum's Pleasure brilliantly illuminates the interplay between the theater and the social and political climate of 18th-century London.
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About the Author:
Lisa Hilton is 28 years old. She was educated at Oxford University and lives with her husband in New York.
Review:
“Hilton’s vivid portrait of the upwardly mobile Lavinia Fenton brilliantly realizes the political, social, criminal, and theatrical nature of 18th-century London.” —History Today
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- PublisherPhoenix
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0753820498
- ISBN 13 9780753820490
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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