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Margaret Woffington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Download the free ebook: Peg Woffington by Charles Reade ... Author Reade, Charles, 1814-1884 ... Title Peg Woffington...
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Encyclopedia article about Woffington, Peg. Information about Woffington, Peg in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Charles Reade's play Masks and Faces and his novel Peg Woffington are based on her life.
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Actress Peg Woffington was born in Dublin and began her career as a street singer. At the age of 10 she made her stage debut in a Juvenile production of 'the Beggars Opera'. She made her name in Ireland as Ophelia in a 1737 production of Hamlet and came to London in 1740. There she was an immediate success.
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Peg Woffington by Charles Reade. Searchable etext. Discuss with other readers.
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MARGARET WOFFINGTON [PEG] (c. 1714-1760), English actress, was born at Dublin, of poor parents. ... See Austin Dobson's introduction to Charles Reade's novel Peg Woffington (London, 1899), and Augustin Daly's Woffington: a Tribute to the Actress and the Woman (1888).
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Woffington, Peg - (Margaret Woffington), 1714?—1760, English actress, b. Dublin. Her charm and beauty as a child attracted attention, and at the age of 10 she acted in the role of Polly Peachum in a... ... Charles Reade's play Masks and Faces and his novel Peg Woffington are based on her life.
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(Margaret Woffington), 1714?–1760, English actress, b. Dublin. Her charm and beauty as a child attracted attention, and at the age of 10 she acted in the role of Polly Peachum in a Lilliputian production of The Beggar's Opera. ... Charles Reade's play Masks and Faces and his novel Peg Woffington are based on her life.
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Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington, The; WOFFINGTON, PEG; MOLLOY, J. FITZGERALD. Offered by David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB) ... WOFFINGTON, PEG; MOLLOY, J. FITZGERALD Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington, The; Bound by A.J. Cox of Chicago His Copy Extra-Illustrated with 119 Portraits and Views [WOFFINGTON, Peg]. MOLLOY,
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