Well Since I didn’t give a handout for my presentation yesterday I will post my notes up here today and dive into Fantomina a little bit more later on.
Acting:
-By 1715 Haywood had appeared in a leading role on the Dublin stage and had taken on the last name of Haywood. Until this point she had been using her maiden name Fowler.
- In 1717 Haywood had left for London in order to further pursue success in acting. After a few months Haywood became disappointed and decided to start writing.
-In 1726 Haywood returned to the theater after a 6 year absence. In the years 1730,36, and 37 Haywood traveled with the Henry Fieldings Troupe performing plays.
Political Satire:
-The Adventures of Eovaai, Princess of Ijaveo explores gender and power in the social world. The majority of the satire is focused on Robert Walpole’s corruption during his interim Leadership of England. The character who is supposed to represent him is an evil wizard.
-The Female Spectator addresses some of the most controversial topics of her time period: marriage, children, religion and politics. The Female Spectator was Haywood’s most successful piece of literature. It ran for 24 installments through April 1744-May 1746. The finished collection had nine different Edition over the next 30 years and was translated into multiple languages. In this period in time writers did not earn royalties for each copy sold for their works, instead they were paid a lump sum each time it was published which means that she was paid 9 times for this piece.
- A Letter from H–G–g, Esq. was written concerning a political uprising caused by Charles Edward Stuart. Haywood ended up getting arrested over this piece and but did not get prosecuted.
-The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless touched upon an unheard of topic; which was martial discord. This is her work that she is best remembered for.
What is not Known:
When was she born?
- There are two sets of Fowler families that had daughters named Elizabeth. Historians are not certain which family Haywood belonged to but most tend to believe that it was the family with the daughter born in 1693.
-In her time she was believed to be the runaway wife of Rev Valentine Haywood. Which was recently disproved.
