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In 1776, Elizabeth Chudleigh, former royal lady-in-waiting and dedicated party girl, found herself fighting for her freedom and reputation in front of the House of Lords.
She had been summoned to defend herself against the charge of bigamy. Dressed for drama, and modelling her look on that of the tragic Mary Queen of Scots two centuries earlier, ‘the Duchess Countess’ as she was popularly known, played the role of tragic heroine to perfection.
Tickets for the court went on sale, and the newspapers devoted more column inches to the scandal than to the on-going American war of independence.
In 1776, Elizabeth Chudleigh (above), former royal lady-in-waiting and dedicated party girl, found herself fighting for her freedom and reputation in front of the House of Lords
JMI s WORLD TOUR Holds Online Gala Next Month
Join JMI s WORLD TOUR for an exclusive free online evening with stop offs in Morocco, Europe, the Middle East, USA and even Canvey Island. Hosted by the broadcaster Suzy Klein, historian Sir Simon Schama and Lord Michael Grade touring the world, and meeting the stars and champions of JMI, the charity that transform lives through Jewish music.
The lost musical Next Year In Jerusalem was written in 1975 by Lionel Bart (Oliver!) and Roger Cook (Blue Mink - Melting Pot / 2 x Ivor Novello Awards / I d Like to Teach The World To Sing). The musical has never been performed and has been lost for over 40 years. But at JMI s WORLD TOUR Gala, Dame Maureen Lipman will sing the show s titular song - a heart stopping lullaby, which in the show is sung by Blume Mabovitch (Golda Meir s mother) to her young daughter Golda, who is frightened by the imminent pogrom in their Russian village.