Henrietta Morgan
Henrietta Morgan or Henrietta Maria Morgan was a British stage actress of the eighteenth century. She was billed as Mrs Morgan.[1]
She was married to the actor , appearing alongside him at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre where they were part of John Rich's company. She also appeared at summer venues such as Richmond Theatre and Bartholomew Fair.[2] During the early 1730s the couple acted at the Goodman's Fields Theatre in Whitechapel where Henry Giffard was attempting to challenge the traditional patent theatres.
Selected roles[]
- Belinda in by John Williams (1722)
- Lavinia in Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare (1722)
- Mrs Saracen in The Compromise by John Sturmy (1722)
- Pindress in Love and a Bottle by George Farquhar (1724)
- Tippet in The Bath Unmasked by Gabriel Odingsells (1725)
- Frances in The Female Fortune Teller by Charles Johnson (1726)
- Dorothy Fribble in Epsom Wells by Thomas Shadwell (1726)
- Hillaria in Tunbridge Walks by Thomas Baker (1726)
- Mrs Slammekin in The Beggar's Opera by John Gay (1728)
- Sophia in Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburgh by Eliza Haywood (1729)
- Lady Nottingham in The Fall of the Earl of Essex by James Ralph (1731)
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Joncus, Berta & Barlow, Jeremy. The Stage's Glory: John Rich (1692-1761). University of Delaware, 2011.
- Straub, Kristina, G. Anderson, Misty and O'Quinn, Daniel . The Routledge Anthology of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama. Taylor & Francis, 2017.
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