BRACEGIRDLE, ANNE

1663?–1748, English actress. A pupil of Betterton, she was the delight of Colley Cibber and the favorite of Congreve, achieving her greatest successes as the heroines of Congreve's comedies, which were written for her. Eclipsed by Anne Oldfield, she retired in 1707, but in 1710 made a reappearance as Angelica in Love for Love together with Betterton and Mrs. Barry.

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books on: Bracegirdle Anne  - 110 results

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John Bracegirdle's Psychopharmacon: A Translation of Boethius' de Consolatione Philosophiae (Ms Bl Additional 11401)
Book by John Bracegirdle, Boethius, Noel Harold Kaylor Jr., Jason Edward Streed; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1999
Subjects: Happiness--Poetry, Philosophy And Religion--Poetry
...March 1563, he conveyed a message from parliament to the queen. The queen recognized his kinship with her-his father was Anne Boleyns first cousin-and she showed much liking for him, ordering him to be in continual attendance on her. 22 Under Elizabeth...
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Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts: History, Politics, and Mythology in the Age of Queen Anne
Book by Pat Rogers; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Literature And History--Great Britain--History--18th Century, Monarchy In Literature, Mythology In Literature, Pope, Alexander--1688-1744--Knowledge--History, Pope, Alexander--1688-1744--Knowledge--Mythology, Pope, Alexander--1688-1744--Political And Social Views, Pope, Alexander--1688-1744--Windsor-Forest
...cuts. Among the first sub- scribers were Princess Anne, Prince George of Denmark, and the boy Duke of Gloucester...Betterton, as well as the actresses Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle. The list shows Drydens depth of penetration into the...
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A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne - Vol. 3
Book by Adolphus William Ward; MacMillan & Co., 1899
Subjects: English Drama--History And Criticism
...pamphlet or poem. Female rank and beauty smiled upon him in the persons of the second Duchess of Marlborough and of Mrs. Bracegirdle, whose respective favours were at the last so very unequally requited. Dryden addressed him in an Epistle 2 which, notwithstanding...
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The Celebrated Mrs. Oldfield: The Life and Art of an Augustan Actress
Book by Joanne Lafler; Southern Illinois University Press, 1989
Subjects: Actors--Great Britain--Biography, Oldfield, Anne--1683-1730, Theater--Great Britain--History--18th Century
...Elizabeth actress , 28 , 224 25n. 4 Bracegirdle, Anne actress : mentioned, 10 , 35 , 42...Elizabeth Barry, 50 - 51 ; rivalry with Anne Oldfield, 46 - 51 , 149 , 171...54 , 83 , 135 , 209 n. 5 Brett, Anne formerly Countess of Macclesfield...
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Companion to Baroque Music
Book by Julie Anne Sadie; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Music--17th Century--History And Criticism, Music--18th Century--History And Criticism
...England 68 , 121 , 279 Henriette-Anne Princess 120 Henri IV of Navarre...459 ; see also Habsburg dynasty Anne Louis XIV 127 -8 as dancer 59...Jacques 144 , 145 Braccioli, G. 200 Bracegirdle, Mrs Anne 281 Brade, William 159 -60, 164...
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journal articles on: Bracegirdle Anne  - 12 results

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Anne Bracegirdle-A Current Myth
Journal article; Theatre Notebook, Vol. 60, 2006
Subjects: Bracegirdle, Anne--Myths and legends, Bracegirdle, Anne--Performances, Theatrical actors--Myths and legends, Theatrical actors--Performances
Anne Bracegirdle-A Current Myth. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on Anne Bracegirdle now records as fact the romantic notion...Highfill et al., 1973): That Anne Bracegirdle was shaken by the dreadful affair...
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Ellen Terry, the Ghost-Writer and the Laughing Statue: The Victorian Actress, Letters and Life-Writing
Journal article by Katharine Cockin; Journal of European Studies, 2002
Subjects: Biographies--Criticism and interpretation, Biography--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age), Ghostwriting--History, Letters (Correspondence)--Criticism and interpretation, Letters--Criticism and interpretation, Terry, Dame Ellen--Criticism and interpretation, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901, Women in the theater--History
...with this play about the eighteenth-century actress, Anne Oldfield (1683-1730), both as an act of communication...success she has made possible. (21) Mrs Barry, Mrs Bracegirdle, Anne Oldfield, Peg Woffington, Kitty Clive, Sarah Siddons...
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Meanings of All for Love, 1677-1813
Journal article by Tanya Caldwell; Comparative Drama, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: All for Love: or, The World Well Lost (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Dryden, John--Criticism and interpretation, Dryden, John--Works, English drama--Criticism and interpretation, English drama--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works
...was the Betterton/Barry/ Bracegirdle trio. Precisely what dramatic...combined with the Elizabeth Barry/Anne Bracegirdle portrayal of Cleopatra and Octavia...exploited by the casting of Anne Bracegirdle as Octavia. For twenty years...
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A "Double Portion of His Father's Art": Congreve, Dryden, Jonson and the Drama of Theatrical Succession
Journal article by Harold Weber; Criticism, Vol. 39, 1997
Subjects: Dramatists--Biography
...famously in his 1685 ode to Anne Killigrew, where he...notoriously chaste Mrs. Bracegirdle, who herself specialized...who speaks through Anne Bracegirdle in the prologue. Congreve...successor (in 1702), Queen Anne. This lack of court...
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The "Female Martinet": Mrs. Harper, Gender, and Civic Virtue on the Early Republican Stage
Journal article by Jason Shaffer; Comparative Drama, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Actors--Political aspects, Actors--Practice, Actors--Social aspects, Actresses--Political aspects, Actresses--Practice, Actresses--Social aspects, Symbolism--Analysis, United States--Political aspects, United States--Social aspects, Virtue--Portrayals, Virtues--Portrayals, Women entertainers--Political aspects, Women entertainers--Practice, Women entertainers--Social aspects, Women in the performing arts--Political aspects, Women in the performing arts--Practice, Women in the performing arts--Social aspects, Women--Portrayals
...professional "stage virgin" Anne Bracegirdle as a national symbol. Bracegirdles...Glorious Revolution in the Career of Anne Bracegirdle," Theatre Survey 45 (2004...1994): 36. (35) See also Anne Home Hunter, Poems, by Mrs...
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newspaper articles on: Bracegirdle Anne  - 4 results

 
 
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 8, 2007
...state is Chisinau the capital? 3 Which precious stones best-known source is in Burma north-east of Mandalay? 4 Anne Bracegirdle was one of the earliest prominent British what? 5 Which mountain 20 miles from Everest and of almost 27,000 feet...
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Deaths
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 24, 2011
Subjects: Family--Laws, regulations and rules
...father of Sheila and the late Anne. Dearly loved grandad of Vanessa...Goodnight and God bless.) -Anne, Sharon, Neil, Daniel and...on your sad loss. -Eddie Bracegirdle and Family xx GROOBY -DAVE...o b. ) -Your mates Ronnie Bracegirdle and Dave Scragg xx. With deepest...
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Deaths
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 24, 2011
Subjects: Family--Laws, regulations and rules
...father of Sheila and the late Anne. Dearly loved grandad of Vanessa...Goodnight and God bless.) -Anne, Sharon, Neil, Daniel and...on your sad loss. -Eddie Bracegirdle and Family xx GROOBY -DAVE...o b. ) -Your mates Ronnie Bracegirdle and Dave Scragg xx. With deepest...
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Deaths
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 12, 2010
Deaths. BRACEGIRDLE (Sandyford). In hospital on April 3rd...late Thomas, loving mother to Joan and Anne, mother-in-law to Peter and John...mother-in-law of Jan, loving gran to Anne and Stephen, great gran to Emily and...


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encyclopedia articles on: Bracegirdle Anne  - 3 results

 
 
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Bracegirdle, Anne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRACEGIRDLE, ANNE 1663? 1748, English actress. A pupil of Betterton, she was the delight...heroines of Congreves comedies, which were written for her. Eclipsed by Anne Oldfield, she retired in 1707, but in 1710 made a reappearance as Angelica...
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Oldfield, Anne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLDFIELD, ANNE 1683 1730, English actress. The successor of Mrs. Bracegirdle, she first won acclaim in 1704 for her brilliant portrayal of Lady Modish in Colley Cibbers Careless Husband. She had a triumphant...
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Congreve, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...one of the great comedies in the English language. The leading female roles in Congreves plays were written for Anne Bracegirdle , who was probably his mistress. He never married. After 1700, Congreve did little literary work, perhaps because...


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