The Angel Inn the Anglo-Irish actress Dorothea Jordan (1761–1816), who became the mistress and companion of the future King William IV. Thornton was "a man with flair but with no eye for detail [and] little patience with learning lines, a habit which spread to members of his company." James Winston, in his "The Theatric Tourist" (1805), relates how, just before one performance at Andover, Thornton noticed someone in the audience holding a copy of that evening's play. Winston writes: "With such a potent evidence of their incorrectness, it was impossible to proceed..." Thornton announced that the performance was cancelled, owing to the troupe's
Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Lady Tuite Lady Eliza Dorothea Tuite (née Cobbe) (c. 1764-1850) was an Irish author and poet. She was a member of the Anglo-Irish gentry, the distinguished Cobbe family. Elizabeth Dorothea Cobbe was born circa 1764. She was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Cobbe and Lady Eliza Beresford. Lady Tuite married a naval officer, Sir Henry Tuite, 8th Baronet, in November 1784. He died in 1805. Lady Tuite was a poet in the romantic style, her first book included five poems written 'as a sylph', an idea which came from the somewhat earlier style of work of Pope