See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

MARGARET [PEG] See also:

• MARGARET [PEG] WOFFINGTON (c. 1714-1760)

WOFFINGTON (c. 1714-1760)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actress, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, of poor parents . As a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of ten she played Polly Peachum in a lilliputian presentation of The See also:

• BEGGAR

Beggar's See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera, and danced and acted at various Dublin theatres until 1740, when her success as See also:

• SIR

Sir Harry Wildair in The See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

Constant Couple secured her a See also:

• LONDON

London engagement . In this, and as Sylvia in The Recruiting Officer, she had a pronounced success; and at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane and Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, as well as in Dublin, she appeared in all the plays of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day to ever growing popularity . Among her best impersonations were the elegant See also:

• WOMEN

women of See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion, like See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• BETTY, WILLIAM HENRY WEST (1791-1874)

Betty Modish and Lady See also:

• TOWNLEY, JAMES (1714-1778)

Townley, and in " breeches parts " she was unapproachable . She lived openly with See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick, and her other love affairs were numerous and notorious, but her generosity and kindness of See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart were equally well known . She educated her See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, and cared for and pensioned her See also:

• MOTHER

mother . She built and endowed by will some almshouses at See also:

• TEDDINGTON

Teddington, where she lived quietly after her retirement in 1757 . See See also:

• AUSTIN
• AUSTIN, ALFRED
• AUSTIN, JOHN (179o-1859)
• AUSTIN, SARAH (1793-1867)
• AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836)

Austin See also:

• DOBSON, HENRY AUSTIN (184o- )
• DOBSON, WILLIAM (16ro-1646)

Dobson's introduction to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• READE, CHARLES (1814-1884)

Reade's novel Peg See also:

• WOFFINGTON, MARGARET [PEG] (c. 1714-1760)

Woffington (London, 1899), and Augustin See also:

• DALY, AUGUSTIN (1838-1899)

Daly's Woffington: a See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

Tribute to the Actress and the Woman (1888) .