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MARY ANNE [FANNY] STIRLING (1815-1895)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 924 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARY See also:ANNE [FANNY] See also:STIRLING (1815-1895)  , See also:English actress, was See also:born in See also:London, the daughter of a See also:Captain See also:Kehl . After some experience at outlying theatres, she appeared in London in 1836 . Having been successful as Celia in As You Like It and See also:Sophia in The Road to Ruin, See also:Macready gave her an opportunity to See also:play Cordelia to his See also:Lear, and Madeline See also:Weir to his See also:James V. in the Rev . James See also:White's See also:King of the See also:Commons . In 1852 she created Peg See also:Woffington in See also:Reade and See also:Taylor's Masks and Faces . Meanwhile she had married See also:Edward See also:Stirling (d . 1894), an actor, manager and dramatic author . In later years Mrs Stirling gained a new popularity as the See also:nurse in See also:Irving's presentation (1882) of Romeo and Juliet, and again (1884) with See also:Mary See also:Anderson; and she was the Martha in Irving's See also:production of See also:Faust (1885) . She died on the 3oth of See also:December 1895, having in the previous See also:year married See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Hutton See also:Gregory (1817-1888) .

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