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See also: English actress, the daughter of See also: John Saville
See also: Faucit, an actor, was See also: born in See also: London
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Her first London appearance was made on the 5th of See also: January 1836 at Covent Garden as Julia in The Hunchback
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Her successin this was so definitely confirmed by her subsequent acting of Juliet, Lady Teazle, See also: Beatrice, Imogen and Hermione, that within eighteen months she was engaged by Macready as leading lady at Covent Garden
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There, besides appearing in several Shakespearian characters, she created the heroine's See also: part in See also: Lytton's Duchess de la Valliere (1836), Lady of See also: Lyons (1838), See also: Richelieu (1839), The See also: Sea Captain (1839), See also: Money (184o), and See also: Browning's Strafford (1837)
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After a visit to See also: Paris and a See also: short season at the Haymarket, she joined the See also: Drury Lane See also: company under Macready early in 1842
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There she played Lady See also: Macbeth, See also: Constance in See also: King John, Desdemona and Imogen, and took part in the first production of Westland Marston's Patrician's Daughter (1842) and Browning's Blot on the Scutcheon (1843)
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Among her successful
See also: tours was included a visit to Paris in 1844-1845, where she acted with Macready in several Shakespearian plays
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In 1851 she was married to Mr (afterwards See also: Sir) See also: Theodore See also: Martin, but still acted occasionally for charity
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One of her last appearances was is Beatrice, on the opening of the
See also: Shakespeare Memorial at Stratford-on-See also: Avon on the 23rd of See also: April 1879
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In 1881 there appeared in See also: Blackwood's See also: Magazine the first of her Letters on some of Shakespeare's Heroines, which were published in See also: book See also: form as On Some of Shakespeare's See also: Female Characters (1885)
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Lady Martin died at her home near See also: Llangollen in See also: Wales on the 31st of See also: October 1898
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There is a tablet to her in the Shakespeare Memorial with a portrait figure, and the marble pulpit in the Shakespeare church—with her portrait as See also: Saint Helena—was given in her memory by her See also: husband
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See Sir Theodore Martin's See also: Helena Faucit (1900)
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