Jane Long (actress)

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Jane Long was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. She was recruited into the Duke's Company after the theatres were repopened following the Restoration and became a noted comedienne, at a time when the Restoration comedy genre was flourishing.[1]

Selected roles[]

References[]

  1. ^ Howe p.75-76

Bibliography[]

  • Howe, Elizabeth. The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660–1700. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  • Pritchard, R.E. Scandalous Liaisons: Charles II and his Court. Amberley Publishing Limited, 2015.
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