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Dear Winston's Clever Mother: Lady Randolph Churchill and the National Theatre

1974; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0040557400006268

1475-4533

George B. Bryan,

Theatre and Performance Studies

The death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965 focused renewed attention upon his colorful American mother, Jennie Jerome (1854–1921), who distinguished herself as a political aide of Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–95), her first husband, and also as an authoress, public speaker, and indefatigable worker in behalf of numerous charities. Her manifold activities have been described by Ralph G. Martin ( Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill ) and Anita Leslie ( Lady Randolph Churchill: The Story of Jennie Jerome ). Neither biographer, however, describes Lady Randolph's theatrical ventures in detail, and neither relates those activities properly to the movement to establish a National Theatre in Great Britain.