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
The East Bank of the Jordan included within the future Jewish state. The Irgun's emblem included an image of most parts of the Land of Israel in the original borders of the British Mandate. The song "The East of the Jordan" reflects the idea of the Jewish state existing on both sides of the Jordan River. In the first stanza of the song, Jabotinsky compares the Jordan River to a spinal cord. The second stanza also emphasizes that the Jordan River is located in the midst of the Land of Israel. The third stanza includes an additional ideological message, in which everyone in Greater Israel will