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Hannah Norsa (first name sometimes spelt Hanna; c. 1712 – 28 August 1784) was an English Jewish actress and singer, who achieved fame appearing in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera in 1732 and became the mistress of Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford. Life. Norsa was the daughter of the London innkeeper Issachar Norsa, an Italian Jew ...
Hannah Norsa (prénom parfois orthographié Hanna), née vers 1712 et morte 28 août 1784, est une actrice et chanteuse classique juive anglaise, qui devient célèbre en apparaissant dans The Beggar's Opera de John Gay en 1732 et devient la maîtresse de Robert Walpole, 2 e comte de Orford.
Hannah Norsa was an English actress. The daughter of an Italian Jew from Mantua, who kept The Punch-Bowl tavern in Drury Lane, she went onto the stage and played the part of Polly Peachum in the 1732 production of The Beggar's Opera with great success. She subsequently became mistress of the Earl of Orford.
His father's mistress, Hannah Norsa, a celebrated singer and actress at Covent Garden, took up residence at Houghton Hall from 1736 until his father's death. Orford's mother married again in 1751 and was buried at Leghorn (Livorno) in 1781, "a woman of very singular character and considered half mad".
NORSA, HANNAH (d. 1784), English actress. The daughter of an Italian Jew from Mantua, who kept The Punch-Bowl tavern in Drury Lane, she went onto the stage and played the part of Polly Peachum in the 1732 production of The Beggar's Opera with great success. She subsequently became mistress of the Earl of Orford.
Hannah Norsa ( Londra, 1712 – Londra, 28 agosto 1784) è stata un' attrice teatrale e cantante inglese . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Morte. 3 Note. 4 Bibliografia. Biografia. Hanna era la figlia di un locandiere londinese, Issachar Norsa, un ebreo italiano originario di Mantova e di Esther de Aharon de Chaus.
In 1736 Hannah Norsa, a leading singer and actress at Covent Garden, moved to Houghton Hall in Norfolk and remained there as Walpole's mistress until his death in March 1751. Her financial support may have saved him from dying bankrupt.
