Romantic_JJ Autobiography_NN1 in_II England_NP1 Vice_NN1 ,_, Ugly_JJ Vice_NN1 :_: Memoirs_NN2 of_IO Mrs_NNB Billington_NP1 from_II her_APPGE Birth_NN1 Susan_NP1 Levin_NP1 From_II Helen_NP1 of_IO Troy_NP1 to_II Hilary_NP1 Rodham_NP1 Clinton_NP1 ,_, powerful_JJ ,_, beautiful_JJ ,_, betrayed_JJ women_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN lightning_VVG rods_NN2 for_IF multiple_JJ anxieties_NN2 ._. 
As_II a_AT1 woman_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 voice_NN1 and_CC sense_NN1 of_IO performing_VVG self_NN1 so_RG powerful_JJ that_CST she_PPHS1 posed_VVD a_AT1 phenomenal_JJ threat_NN1 to_II the_AT accepted_JJ moral_JJ and_CC sexual_JJ categories_NN2 of_IO her_APPGE age_NN1 ,_, Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 defied_VVD control_NN1 ._. 
Capitalizing_VVG on_II the_AT popularity_NN1 of_IO autobiography_NN1 and_CC of_IO Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 superstar_NN1 of_IO the_AT stage_NN1 ,_, James_NP1 Ridgway_NP1 generates_VVZ a_AT1 pornographic_JJ ,_, misogynistic_JJ ,_, political_JJ tract_NN1 that_CST tests_VVZ a_AT1 range_NN1 of_IO autobiographical_JJ possibilities_NN2 as_CSA it_PPH1 reveals_VVZ the_AT power_NN1 structures_NN2 of_IO romantic_JJ theater_NN1 and_CC cultural_JJ production_NN1 ._. 
To_TO tell_VVI a_AT1 life_NN1 story_NN1 is_VBZ one_MC1 way_NN1 of_IO reducing_VVG such_DA a_AT1 woman_NN1 to_II understandable_JJ categories_NN2 ._. 
The_AT material_NN1 James_NP1 Ridgway_NP1 presents_VVZ in_II Memoirs_NN2 of_IO Mrs_NNB Billington_NP1 From_II her_APPGE Birth_NN1 ,_, however_RR ,_, shatters_VVZ the_AT potentially_RR controlling_VVG frame_NN1 of_IO life_NN1 narrative_NN1 ._. 
Memoir_NN1 is_VBZ historical_JJ record_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ is_VBZ included_VVN in_II her_APPGE life_NN1 story_NN1 and_CC how_RRQ it_PPH1 is_VBZ told_VVN raise_VV0 significant_JJ issues_NN2 about_II the_AT autobiographical_JJ enterprise_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ relationship_NN1 to_II the_AT reality_NN1 of_IO Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 's_GE life_NN1 does_VDZ this_DD1 memoir_NN1 bear_VVI ?_? 
A_AT1 brief_JJ summary_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE life_NN1 helps_NN2 clarify_VVI the_AT perspective_NN1 both_RR Billington_NP1 and_CC Ridgway_NP1 bring_VV0 to_II the_AT work_NN1 ._. 
Her_APPGE contemporaries_NN2 ,_, such_II21 as_II22 Lord_NP1 Mount_NNL1 Edgcumbe_NP1 and_CC William_NP1 Parke_NP1 provide_VV0 different_JJ possibilities_NN2 about_II who_PNQS she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ and_CC how_RRQ she_PPHS1 lived_VVD ._. 
She_PPHS1 may_VM have_VHI been_VBN born_VVN in_II 1765_MC ,_, 1768_MC or_CC ,_, (_( improbably_RR )_) like_II Wordsworth_NP1 and_CC Beethoven_NP1 ,_, in_II 1770_MC ._. 
Parents_NN2 of_IO prodigies_NN2 often_RR declare_VV0 later_JJR birthdates_NN2 for_IF their_APPGE children_NN2 ;_; performers_NN2 do_VD0 the_AT same_DA for_IF themselves_PPX2 ._. 
Billington_NP1 's_GE mother_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 singer_NN1 ,_, and_CC father_NN1 ,_, an_AT1 oboist_NN1 ,_, had_VHD long_JJ careers_NN2 at_II King_NP1 's_GE Theatre_NN1 ,_, Vauxhall_NP1 ._. 
Elizabeth_NP1 and_CC her_APPGE brother_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 violinist_NN1 ,_, were_VBDR considered_VVN prodigies_NN2 ,_, but_CCB it_PPH1 was_VBDZ Elizabeth_NP1 ,_, as_CSA both_RR a_AT1 keyboard_NN1 and_CC vocal_JJ composer_NN1 and_CC performer_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS shone_VVD ._. 
At_II 15_MC ,_, she_PPHS1 defied_VVD her_APPGE father_NN1 to_TO elope_VVI with_IW her_APPGE teacher_NN1 ,_, Thomas_NP1 Billington_NP1 ,_, and_CC was_VBDZ faced_VVN with_IW supporting_VVG herself_PPX1 and_CC her_APPGE new_JJ husband_NN1 ._. 
To_TO find_VVI employment_NN1 ,_, the_AT couple_NN1 went_VVD to_II Dublin_NP1 ,_, and_CC performed_VVN in_II Ireland_NP1 until_II 1786_MC ,_, engagements_NN2 that_CST form_VV0 the_AT main_JJ subject_NN1 of_IO the_AT Ridgway_NN1 Memoirs_NN2 ._. 
Finally_RR ,_, on_II 13_MC February_NPM1 1786_MC ,_, Billington_NP1 made_VVD her_PPHO1 London_NP1 debut_NN1 and_CC from_II then_RT on_RP worked_VVD on_II her_APPGE voice_NN1 continually_RR even_RR as_CSA she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ steadily_RR performing_VVG ._. 
Her_APPGE departure_NN1 for_IF the_AT continent_NN1 in_II 1794_MC may_VM have_VHI been_VBN owing_VVG to_II the_AT scandal_NN1 the_AT Memoirs_NN2 caused_VVN or_CC may_VM have_VHI reflected_VVN her_APPGE desire_NN1 for_IF an_AT1 international_JJ career_NN1 ._. 
In_II fact_NN1 ,_, the_AT Memoirs_NN2 had_VHD the_AT effect_NN1 of_IO making_VVG her_APPGE more_RGR successful_JJ than_CSN ever_RR ._. 
She_PPHS1 triumphantly_RR debuted_VVD in_II Naples_NP1 in_II a_AT1 new_JJ opera_NN1 composed_VVN for_IF her_PPHO1 by_II Bianchi_NP1 ,_, Inez_NP1 di_NP1 Castro_NP1 ._. 
Mrs_NNB Billington_NP1 died_VVD the_AT next_MD day_NNT1 ,_, but_CCB she_PPHS1 toured_VVD Italy_NP1 with_IW her_APPGE brother_NN1 and_CC became_VVD friendly_JJ with_IW Josephine_NP1 Bonaparte_NP1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 married_VVD a_AT1 Frenchman_NN1 ,_, but_CCB his_APPGE brutal_JJ treatment_NN1 sent_VVD her_PPHO1 back_RP to_II London_NP1 ,_, where_CS from_II 1801_MC until_II 1811_MC she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ the_AT reigning_JJ diva_NN1 of_IO the_AT day_NNT1 ._. 
Even_RR after_CS formally_RR retiring_JJ ,_, she_PPHS1 performed_VVD for_IF charity_NN1 and_CC for_IF the_AT benefits_NN2 of_IO her_APPGE friends_NN2 ._. 
Sometime_RT in_II 1817_MC she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ reunited_VVN with_IW her_APPGE husband_NN1 and_CC died_VVN the_AT next_MD year_NNT1 ,_, owing_JJ --_NN1 according_II21 to_II22 rumor_NN1 --_NN1 to_II his_APPGE physical_JJ abuse_NN1 ._. 
Ridgeway_NP1 's_GE version_NN1 presents_VVZ a_AT1 talented_JJ ,_, sex-crazed_JJ virago_NN1 ,_, enforcing_VVG a_AT1 traditional_JJ trope_NN1 about_II the_AT sexual_JJ immorality_NN1 of_IO singers_NN2 ,_, actors_NN2 ,_, and_CC other_JJ professional_JJ --_NN1 especially_RR female_JJ --_JJ entertainers_NN2 ._. 
He_PPHS1 claims_VVZ to_TO be_VBI unsure_JJ about_II her_APPGE birthdate_NN1 ,_, but_CCB settles_VVZ on_II 1765_MC ,_, making_VVG her_PPHO1 as_RG much_DA1 of_IO an_AT1 aging_JJ soprano_NN1 as_CSA possible_JJ ._. 
She_PPHS1 was_VBDZ ,_, he_PPHS1 reports_VVZ ,_, "_" starved_JJ or_CC beat_VVD into_II the_AT knowledge_NN1 of_IO music_NN1 ,_, "_" by_II her_APPGE "_" putative_JJ "_" father_NN1 ;_; Ridgway_NP1 thus_RR raises_VVZ the_AT possibility_NN1 of_IO illegitimacy_NN1 ._. 
Part_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE account_NN1 focuses_VVZ on_II Elizabeth_NP1 as_CSA abused_VVN child_NN1 ,_, and_CC hints_NN2 of_IO incest_NN1 are_VBR frequent_JJ ._. 
"_" Her_APPGE father_NN1 was_VBDZ detected_VVN in_II attempting_VVG an_AT1 intercourse_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE musical_JJ offspring_NN ,_, before_CS she_PPHS1 could_VM possibly_RR ,_, from_II her_APPGE tender_JJ years_NNT2 ,_, have_VH0 had_VHN any_DD tendency_NN1 to_II vice_NN1 "_" ._. 
Her_APPGE parents_NN2 '_GE limited_JJ talents_NN2 limited_VVN their_APPGE ability_NN1 to_TO support_VVI themselves_PPX2 ;_; in_II contrast_NN1 ,_, "_" Miss_NNB Betsy_NP1 ,_, "_" as_CSA Ridgway_NP1 affectionately_RR ,_, sarcastically_RR ,_, and_CC condescendingly_RR calls_VVZ her_PPHO1 ,_, is_VBZ able_JK to_TO support_VVI herself_PPX1 "_" solely_RR by_II her_APPGE public_JJ performances_NN2 "_" ._. 
Ridgway_NN1 writes_VVZ of_IO her_APPGE childhood_NN1 performances_NN2 with_IW her_APPGE brother_NN1 and_CC of_IO how_RRQ when_CS Weichsel_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE wife_NN1 separated_VVN ,_, "_" it_PPH1 was_VBDZ then_RT absolutely_RR necessary_JJ to_TO look_VVI out_RP for_IF a_AT1 husband_NN1 for_IF Miss_NN1 "_" ._. 
The_AT affair_NN1 brings_VVZ destruction_NN1 and_CC disease_NN1 ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 was_VBDZ during_II this_DD1 period_NN1 Mrs_NNB B._NP1 must_VM have_VHI been_VBN infected_VVN with_IW a_AT1 loathsome_JJ --_NN1 by_II C._NP1 "_" "_" The_AT same_DA malady_NN1 "_" confines_NN2 C._NP1 to_II his_APPGE room_NN1 and_CC "_" her_APPGE criminal_JJ intercourse_NN1 with_IW D._NP1 took_VVD place_NN1 "_" ._. 
The_AT notorious_JJ affair_NN1 with_IW Daly_NP1 is_VBZ monitored_VVN by_II Mr_NNB Billington_NP1 and_CC others_NN2 seeking_VVG to_TO ruin_VVI the_AT couple_NN1 by_II taking_VVG legal_JJ action_NN1 against_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
Mrs_NNB Billington_NP1 is_VBZ forced_VVN to_TO move_VVI "_" to_II a_AT1 miserable_JJ room_NN1 in_II a_AT1 miserable_JJ place_NN1 "_" (_( 22_MC )_) ._. 
Somehow_RR ,_, the_AT Billingtons_NP2 get_VV0 back_RP together_RL ,_, and_CC in_II the_AT summer_NNT1 of_IO 1784_MC ,_, a_AT1 child_NN1 is_VBZ born_VVN ._. 
They_PPHS2 leave_VV0 the_AT infant_NN1 in_II Dublin_NP1 to_TO go_VVI on_II a_AT1 tour_NN1 ,_, but_CCB the_AT baby_NN1 "_" soon_RR after_CS died_VVN of_IO the_AT horrid_JJ received_VVN from_II its_APPGE mother_NN1 "_" ._. 
Relations_NN2 with_IW Daly_NP1 begin_VV0 again_RT ,_, but_CCB now_RT move_VV0 mainly_RR to_II the_AT theatre_NN1 itself_PPX1 ._. 
The_AT tech_NN1 ._. 
crew_NN1 makes_VVZ a_AT1 hole_NN1 in_II the_AT wall_NN1 to_TO observe_VVI "_" every_AT1 thing_NN1 that_CST passed_VVD in_II this_DD1 small_JJ temple_NN1 of_IO lust_NN1 and_CC infamy_NN1 "_" ._. 
The_AT summer_NNT1 heat_NN1 intensifies_VVZ their_APPGE passion_NN1 ;_; Daly_NP1 takes_VVZ care_NN1 to_TO bribe_VVI Mr_NNB Billington_NP1 with_IW wine_NN1 and_CC watches_NN2 ._. 
This_DD1 "_" gross_JJ misconduct_NN1 "_" gives_VVZ Daly_NP1 's_GE wife_NN1 a_AT1 "_" violent_JJ illness_NN1 :_: "_" her_APPGE friends_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS have_VH0 also_RR been_VBN Daly_NP1 's_GE financial_JJ backers_NN2 ,_, finally_RR force_VV0 the_AT Billingtons_NP2 from_II Ireland_NP1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 return_VV0 to_II London_NP1 as_CSA "_" cooing_VVG ,_, loving_VVG ,_, doves_NN2 ,_, "_" and_CC Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 makes_VVZ her_APPGE Covent_NP1 Garden_NP1 debut_NN1 ._. 
Daly_NP1 ,_, deserted_VVN in_II Ireland_NP1 ,_, "_" appeared_VVD in_II mourning_NN1 ;_; was_VBDZ dejected_JJ ,_, sorrowful_JJ ,_, and_CC avoided_VVD all_DB business_NN1 for_IF some_DD days_NNT2 after_II "_" ._. 
Giving_VVG a_AT1 very_RG different_JJ version_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 situation_NN1 ,_, the_AT Answer_NN1 explains_VVZ "_" that_CST the_AT actresses_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS visit_VV0 the_AT Irish_JJ stage_NN1 ,_, are_VBR more_RGR subject_JJ to_TO be_VBI seduced_VVN than_CSN seduce_VV0 "_" ._. 
Daly_NP1 's_GE apartment_NN1 in_II the_AT theatre_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 "_" brothel_NN1 in_II the_AT morning_NNT1 "_" and_CC "_" a_AT1 gambling_NN1 rendezvous_NN in_II the_AT evening_NNT1 "_" ._. 
When_RRQ actresses_NN2 would_VM n't_XX cooperate_VVI ,_, Daly_NP1 ,_, through_II the_AT process_NN1 of_IO "_" forfeiture_NN1 ,_, "_" took_VVD away_RL their_APPGE assignments_NN2 and_CC starved_VVD "_" the_AT besieged_JJ into_II compliance_NN1 "_" ._. 
This_DD1 description_NN1 of_IO theatre_NN1 managers_NN2 in_RR21 general_RR22 and_CC Daly_NP1 in_RR21 particular_RR22 recalls_VVZ Virginia_NP1 Woolf_NP1 's_GE account_NN1 of_IO Shakespeare_NP1 's_VBZ "_" wonderfully_RR gifted_JJ sister_NN1 ,_, called_VVN Judith_NP1 "_" who_PNQS can_VM only_RR have_VHI contact_NN1 with_IW the_AT theatre_NN1 by_II becoming_VVG pregnant_JJ by_II "_" Nick_NP1 Greene_NP1 the_AT actor-manager_NN1 "_" and_CC in_II despair_NN1 "_" killed_VVD herself_PPX1 one_MC1 winter_NNT1 's_GE night_NNT1 and_CC lies_NN2 buried_VVN at_II some_DD cross-roads_NN1 where_CS the_AT omnibuses_NN2 now_RT stop_VV0 outside_II the_AT Elephant_NP1 and_CC Castle_NP1 "_" ._. 
With_IW the_AT truth_NN1 of_IO the_AT best_JJT fiction_NN1 ,_, Woolf_NP1 provides_VVZ the_AT more_RGR usual_JJ story_NN1 ._. 
Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 ,_, in_II contrast_NN1 ,_, does_VDZ not_XX let_VVI Daly_NP1 or_CC any_DD other_JJ man_NN1 destroy_VV0 her_PPHO1 and_CC her_APPGE talent_NN1 ._. 
There_EX is_VBZ also_RR the_AT question_NN1 of_IO baby_NN1 clothes_NN2 ._. 
She_PPHS1 is_VBZ trying_VVG to_TO make_VVI them_PPHO2 ,_, but_CCB is_VBZ ashamed_JJ to_TO admit_VVI to_II anybody_PN1 but_CCB her_APPGE mother_NN1 that_CST she_PPHS1 does_VDZ n't_XX really_RR understand_VVI what_DDQ to_TO do_VDI ._. 
Mentioned_VVN frequently_RR ,_, the_AT problematic_JJ layette_NN1 is_VBZ part_NN1 of_IO an_AT1 ongoing_JJ discussion_NN1 in_II the_AT letters_NN2 about_II clothing_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 typical_JJ mother-daughter_JJ topic_NN1 ._. 
The_AT daughter_NN1 sends_VVZ her_APPGE mother_NN1 a_AT1 gown_NN1 with_IW advice_NN1 on_II accessorizing_VVG ._. 
In_II another_DD1 letter_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 writes_VVZ of_IO "_" the_AT prettiest_JJT green_JJ gown_NN1 "_" she_PPHS1 has_VHZ picked_VVN out_RP ,_, although_CS she_PPHS1 personally_RR thinks_VVZ "_" there_EX are_VBR better_JJR colours_NN2 "_" ._. 
Finally_RR ,_, the_AT child_NN1 arrives_VVZ ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ brought_VVN to_II bed_NN1 on_II Monday_NPD1 of_IO a_AT1 fine_JJ girl_NN1 ,_, but_CCB I_PPIS1 am_VBM not_XX so_RG happy_JJ to_TO say_VVI she_PPHS1 is_VBZ perfectly_RR well_JJ ,_, for_IF the_AT poor_JJ little_JJ darling_NN1 is_VBZ griped_VVN very_RG much_DA1 ,_, and_CC it_PPH1 grieves_VVZ me_PPIO1 sadly_RR you_PPY must_VM imagine_VVI "_" ._. 
A_AT1 poignant_JJ postscript_NN1 points_VVZ further_RRR to_II the_AT complex_JJ relationship_NN1 of_IO mother_NN1 and_CC daughter_NN1 ._. 
"_" The_AT child_NN1 is_VBZ very_RG much_DA1 like_II me_PPIO1 ;_; but_CCB I_PPIS1 dare_VM say_VVI you_PPY have_VH0 almost_RR forgot_VVN me_PPIO1 "_" ._. 
The_AT baby_NN1 is_VBZ sickly_JJ and_CC dies_VVZ while_CS the_AT Billingtons_NP2 are_VBR touring_VVG Ireland_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 tragedy_NN1 that_CST occurs_VVZ after_II the_AT time_NNT1 of_IO the_AT letters_NN2 ,_, but_CCB that_DD1 Ridgway_NN1 dismisses_VVZ as_II the_AT result_NN1 of_IO Elizabeth_NP1 's_GE "_" disease_NN1 ._. "_" 
The_AT wish_NN1 that_CST her_APPGE mother_NN1 will_VM come_VVI live_JJ with_IW her_PPHO1 and_CC the_AT baby_NN1 in_II Ireland_NP1 --_NN1 "_" I_PPIS1 hope_VV0 after_II my_APPGE child_NN1 is_VBZ born_VVN that_CST you_PPY will_VM ever_RR be_VBI with_IW me_PPIO1 "_" -_- ,_, and_CC that_CST they_PPHS2 can_VM perform_VVI together_RL is_VBZ not_XX fulfilled_VVN ._. 
While_CS her_APPGE husband_NN1 is_VBZ her_APPGE main_JJ source_NN1 of_IO despair_NN1 ,_, other_JJ men_NN2 also_RR figure_VV0 in_II the_AT letters_NN2 ._. 
Mr_NNB Billington_NP1 's_GE behavior_NN1 recalls_VVZ that_DD1 of_IO her_APPGE father_NN1 ._. 
"_" Not_XX satisfied_VVN with_IW the_AT destruction_NN1 he_PPHS1 brought_VVD on_II "_" his_APPGE wife_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 wants_VVZ also_RR to_TO ruin_VVI his_APPGE daughter_NN1 ,_, to_TO "_" bring_VVI me_PPIO1 to_TO utter_VVI destruction_NN1 ;_; he_PPHS1 is_VBZ a_AT1 bad_JJ base_NN1 man_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 has_VHZ used_VVN me_PPIO1 worse_RRR than_CSN a_AT1 dog_NN1 ._. "_" 
Her_APPGE brother_NN1 must_VM turn_VVI out_RP the_AT same_DA "_" by_II his_APPGE eternal_JJ father_NN1 's_GE instructions_NN2 "_" ._. 
And_CC ,_, she_PPHS1 fumes_NN2 ,_, she_PPHS1 supports_VVZ them_PPHO2 both_DB2 ._. 
Ridgway_NN1 italicizes_VVZ her_PPHO1 one_MC1 brief_JJ reference_NN1 to_II Richard_NP1 Daly_NP1 ,_, which_DDQ he_PPHS1 found_VVD particularly_RR offensive_JJ ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 think_VV0 I_PPIS1 will_VM make_VVI you_PPY laugh_VVI ,_, when_CS I_PPIS1 tell_VV0 you_PPY I_PPIS1 cuckold_VV0 B._NP1 with_IW Mr_NNB D._NP1 the_AT manager_NN1 ,_, but_CCB as_II21 to_II22 being_VBG found_VVN in_II bed_NN1 with_IW any_DD body_NN1 is_VBZ a_AT1 great_JJ falsity_NN1 "_" That_CST Billington_NP1 would_VM raise_VVI such_DA a_AT1 subject_NN1 in_II such_DA a_AT1 way_NN1 with_IW her_APPGE mother_NN1 ,_, when_CS she_PPHS1 is_VBZ "_" at_II the_AT time_NNT1 in_II pregnancy_NN1 ,_, unquestionably_RR ,_, by_II her_APPGE husband_NN1 "_" (_( x_ZZ1 )_) is_VBZ for_IF Ridgway_NP1 particularly_RR appalling_JJ ._. 
His_APPGE muddling_NN1 of_IO the_AT sequence_NN1 of_IO letters_NN2 blurs_VVZ the_AT connection_NN1 established_VVN between_II the_AT two_MC women_NN2 ._. 
His_APPGE repetition_NN1 of_IO certain_JJ phrases_NN2 ,_, some_DD taken_JJ from_II the_AT letters_NN2 ,_, further_RRR surrounds_VVZ Billington_NP1 with_IW an_AT1 aura_NN1 of_IO degeneracy_NN1 ._. 
In_II describing_VVG her_APPGE spying_NN1 maid_NN1 who_PNQS steals_VVZ her_APPGE mail_NN1 ,_, for_REX21 instance_REX22 ,_, Billington_NP1 refers_VVZ to_II her_APPGE "_" cursed_JJ bitch_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 servant_NN1 "_" ._. 
Ridgway_NN1 has_VHZ previously_RR repeated_VVN the_AT phrase_NN1 with_IW slight_JJ variation_NN1 :_: "_" her_APPGE maid_NN1 who_PNQS she_PPHS1 calls_VVZ a_AT1 cursed_JJ bitch_NN1 "_" ;_; "_" called_VVN by_II her_APPGE mistress_NN1 a_AT1 cursed_JJ bitch_NN1 "_" ;_; and_CC finally_RR "_" the_AT cursed_JJ musical_JJ bitch_NN1 "_" ._. 
Through_II this_DD1 kind_NN1 of_IO repetition_NN1 ,_, the_AT reader_NN1 associates_VVZ Billington_NP1 with_IW the_AT phrase_NN1 and_CC applies_VVZ it_PPH1 to_II her_PPHO1 ,_, a_AT1 woman_NN1 who_PNQS in_II Waterford_NP1 is_VBZ described_VVN as_CSA hurling_VVG "_" the_AT most_RGT scurrilous_JJ and_CC abusive_JJ invectives_NN2 ,_, against_II the_AT truly_RR respectable_JJ inhabitants_NN2 of_IO the_AT city_NN1 "_" Ridgway_NN1 justifies_VVZ so_RR constructing_VVG the_AT Memoir_NN1 by_II claiming_VVG that_CST he_PPHS1 wishes_VVZ to_TO present_VVI vice_II in_RR21 general_RR22 rather_II21 than_II22 Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 in_RR21 particular_RR22 ._. 
Describing_VVG himself_PPX1 as_II a_AT1 man_NN1 of_IO honor_NN1 and_CC decency_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS has_VHZ been_VBN treacherously_RR treated_VVN by_II those_DD2 with_IW whom_PNQO he_PPHS1 has_VHZ tried_VVN to_TO deal_VVI fairly_RR ,_, Ridgway_NP1 feels_VVZ a_AT1 moral_JJ obligation_NN1 to_TO publish_VVI the_AT letters_NN2 and_CC to_TO expose_VVI the_AT "_" Vice_NN1 ,_, ugly_JJ vice_NN1 ,_, in_II all_DB its_APPGE deformities_NN2 ..._... too_RG often_RR countenanced_VVD upon_II the_AT stage_NN1 "_" ._. 
The_AT memoir_NN1 becomes_VVZ a_AT1 public_JJ service_NN1 ._. 
Ridgway_NP1 's_GE various_JJ publications_NN2 ,_, on_II the_AT other_JJ hand_NN1 ,_, may_VM be_VBI connected_VVN ._. 
Many_DA2 of_IO his_APPGE works_NN involve_VV0 important_JJ public_JJ figures_NN2 ._. 
As_II a_AT1 radical_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 often_RR explored_VVN relationships_NN2 of_IO political_JJ power_NN1 ._. 
Gillian_NP1 Russell_NP1 points_VVZ out_RP how_RGQ theatrical_JJ models_NN2 shaped_VVD parliamentary_JJ debate_NN1 ,_, rituals_NN2 of_IO protest_NN1 and_CC mass_JJ demonstration_NN1 ,_, military_JJ training_NN1 ,_, and_CC many_DA2 other_JJ components_NN2 of_IO romantic_JJ life_NN1 ._. 
"_" The_AT discourse_NN1 ,_, practice_NN1 ,_, and_CC images_NN2 of_IO the_AT theatre_NN1 pervaded_VVD all_DB aspects_NN2 of_IO the_AT culture_NN1 "_" ._. 
Theatrical_JJ works_NN ,_, many_DA2 of_IO which_DDQ Ridgway_NP1 published_VVD ,_, helped_VVN define_VVI what_DDQ it_PPH1 meant_VVD to_TO be_VBI British_JJ in_II a_AT1 time_NNT1 of_IO growing_JJ nationalism_NN1 ._. 
Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 lived_VVD and_CC worked_VVD at_II the_AT center_NN1 of_IO theatrical_JJ politics_NN1 ._. 
Like_II many_DA2 performers_NN2 ,_, she_PPHS1 had_VHD access_NN1 to_II the_AT most_RGT important_JJ political_JJ figures_NN2 of_IO the_AT day_NNT1 ._. 
Musical_JJ events_NN2 in_II which_DDQ professionals_NN2 and_CC amateurs_NN2 participated_VVD were_VBDR common_JJ ._. 
The_AT royal_JJ family_NN1 was_VBDZ filled_VVN with_IW talented_JJ musicians_NN2 ._. 
Whether_CSW31 or_CSW32 not_CSW33 it_PPH1 was_VBDZ an_AT1 actual_JJ love_NN1 affair_NN1 ,_, Mrs_NNB Billington_NP1 's_GE connection_NN1 to_II the_AT Prince_NN1 of_IO Wales_NP1 was_VBDZ strong_JJ ._. 
In_II 1806_MC ,_, she_PPHS1 brought_VVD Mozartian_JJ opera_NN1 to_II London_NP1 with_IW a_AT1 production_NN1 of_IO "_" La_NP1 Clemenza_NP1 di_NP1 Tito_NP1 ._. "_" 
Parke_NN1 describes_VVZ the_AT event_NN1 as_II "_" the_AT principal_JJ production_NN1 of_IO the_AT season_NNT1 ._. "_" 
Billington_NN1 most_RGT probably_RR used_VVN a_AT1 score_NN1 borrowed_VVN from_II the_AT Prince_NN1 of_IO Wales_NP1 to_TO mount_VVI the_AT production_NN1 ._. 
Almost_RR every_AT1 appraisal_NN1 of_IO Billington_NP1 's_GE work_NN1 mentions_VVZ the_AT care_NN1 and_CC taste_NN1 with_IW which_DDQ she_PPHS1 performed_VVD ._. 
Her_APPGE kindness_NN1 and_CC generosity_NN1 were_VBDR well-known_JJ to_II her_APPGE contemporaries_NN2 ._. 
The_AT disconnect_VV0 between_II Ridgway_NP1 's_GE version_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE life_NN1 and_CC what_DDQ seems_VVZ to_TO be_VBI its_APPGE reality_NN1 is_VBZ profound_JJ ._. 
Ridgway_NP1 's_GE effort_NN1 might_VM also_RR be_VBI considered_VVN in_II the_AT context_NN1 of_IO another_DD1 work_NN1 of_IO 1792_MC :_: Mary_NP1 Wollstonecraft_NP1 's_GE A_AT1 Vindication_NN1 of_IO the_AT Rights_NN2 of_IO Woman_NN1 ._. 
Wollstonecraft_NP1 too_RR writes_VVZ about_II reactions_NN2 to_II female_JJ sexuality_NN1 ._. 
As_II a_AT1 radical_NN1 ,_, middle-class_JJ intellectual_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 argues_VVZ the_AT benefits_NN2 for_IF both_DB2 sexes_NN2 of_IO regarding_VVG women_NN2 as_CSA rational_JJ rather_II21 than_II22 sexual_JJ beings_NN2 ._. 
Elizabeth_NP1 Billington_NP1 ,_, however_RR ,_, defies_VVZ the_AT attempts_NN2 of_IO life_NN1 narrative_NN1 and_CC social_JJ commentary_NN1 to_TO place_VVI woman_NN1 into_II categories_NN2 in_II which_DDQ her_APPGE power_NN1 can_VM be_VBI understood_VVN ._. 
Wollstonescraft_NP1 's_GE rationality_NN1 can_VM not_XX explain_VVI her_PPHO1 ;_; the_AT scandal_NN1 Ridgway_NN1 dished_VVD out_RP could_VM not_XX ruin_VVI her_PPHO1 ;_; the_AT simple_JJ fact_NN1 was_VBDZ that_CST she_PPHS1 performed_VVD and_CC people_NN loved_VVD her_PPHO1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 lived_VVD as_II a_AT1 woman_NN1 who_PNQS sang_VVD and_CC triumphed_VVD ._. 
