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
Dorothea Brooking Dorothea Brooking Dorothea Brooking (née Smith Wright; 7 December 1916 – 23 March 1999) was an English children's television producer and director. She also adapted some works for the small screen (mainly early in her career) on which she worked in her other capacities. From a family of theatricals, she was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire (now part of Berkshire) and educated at Busage House and a finishing school in Montreux, Switzerland. Before the Second World War she was an actress, under the name Daryl Wilde, and a member of The Old Vic company, during which time she met her husband