See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

JOANNA See also:

• JOANNA BAILLIE (1762-1851)
• BAILLIE, LADY GRIZEL (1665-1746)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (1602-1662)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (d. 1684)

BAILLIE (1762-1851)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British poet and dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the See also:

• MANSE (Med. Lat. manse, manses or mansum, from manere, to dwell, remain)

manse of See also:

• BOTHWELL
• BOTHWELL, JAMES HEPBURN, 4TH EARL OF

Bothwell, on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde, on the 11th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1762 . She belonged to an old Scottish See also:

• FAMILY

family, which claimed among its ancestors See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

Wallace . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period she moved with her See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes to See also:

• LONDON

London, where their See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Dr See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• BAILLIE, JOANNA (1762-1851)
• BAILLIE, LADY GRIZEL (1665-1746)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (1602-1662)
• BAILLIE, ROBERT (d. 1684)

Baillie, was settled . The two sisters inherited a small competence from their See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, Dr William See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter, and took up their See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at See also:

• HAMPSTEAD

Hampstead, then on the outskirts of London, where they passed the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of their lives . See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna Baillie had received an excellent See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and began very early to write See also:

• POETRY

poetry . She published anonymously in 170o a See also:

• VOLUME

volume called Fugitive Verses; but it was not till 1798 that she produced the first volume of her " plays on the passions" under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of A See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

Series of Plays . Her See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design was to illustrate each of the deepest and strongest passions of the human mind, such as hate, See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy, fear, love, by a tragedy and a See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, in each of which should be exhibited the actions of an individual under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of these passions . The first volume was published anonymously, but the authorship, though at first attributed to Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, was soon discovered . The See also:

• BOOK

book had considerable success and was followed by a second volume in 1802, a third in 1812 and three volumes of Dramas in 1836 . See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Plays appeared in 1804, and the Family See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

Legend in 181o . See also:

• MISS

Miss Baillie herself intended her plays not for the closet but for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . The Family Legend, brought out in 1810 at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, under the enthusiastic patronage of Sir Walter Scott, had a brief though brilliant success; De Monfort had a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short run in London, mainly through the acting of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

Kemble and Mrs See also:

• SIDDONS, SARAH (1755-1831)

Siddons; Henriquez and The Separation were coldly received .

With very few exceptions, Joanna Baillie's plays are unsuited for stage See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition . Not only is there a flaw in the fundamental See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea, viz. that of an individual who is the embodiment of a single See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion, but the want of incident and the direction of the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to a single point, See also:

• PRESENT

present insuperable obstacles to their success as acting pieces . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time they show remarkable See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis and acute observation and are written in a pure and vigorous See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . Joanna Baillie's reputation does not See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest entirely on her dramas; she was the author of some poems and songs of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty . The best of them are the Lines to Agnes Baillie on her Birthday, The Kitten, To a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

Child and some of her adaptations of Scottish songs, such as Woo'd and Married an'a' . Scattered throughout the dramas are also some lively and beautiful songs, The Chough and the See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

Crow in Orra, and the See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover's See also:

• SONG

song in the Phantom . Miss Baillie died on the 23rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1851, at the advanced See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of 89, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last . Her gentleness and sweetness of-disposition made her a universal favourite, and her little cottage at Hampstead was the centre of a brilliant Iiterary society . See Joanna Baillie's Dramatic and Poetical See also:

• WORKS

Works (London, 1851) .