Mary Ann Yates
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In 1754, aged 25, she appeared at Drury Lane as Marcia in [[Samuel Crisp]]'s ''[[Virginia (play)|Virginia]]''. [[David Garrick]] played the part of Virginius. Yates was gradually entrusted with all the leading parts and succeeded the then famous actress [[Susannah Maria Arne|Mrs Cibber]] as the leading tragedienne of the English stage. She was in turn succeeded and eclipsed by the famous [[Sarah Siddons]]. |
In 1754, aged 25, she appeared at Drury Lane as Marcia in [[Samuel Crisp]]'s ''[[Virginia (play)|Virginia]]''. [[David Garrick]] played the part of Virginius. Yates was gradually entrusted with all the leading parts and succeeded the then famous actress [[Susannah Maria Arne|Mrs Cibber]] as the leading tragedienne of the English stage. She was in turn succeeded and eclipsed by the famous [[Sarah Siddons]]. |
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[[File:St Mary Magdalene's, Richmond, Memorial to Mary Ann Yates, detail.jpg|thumb|Memorial in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Richmond]] |
[[File:St Mary Magdalene's, Richmond, Memorial to Mary Ann Yates, detail.jpg|thumb|Memorial in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Richmond]] |
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There were benefit performances for Yates in 1797 at The Haymarket which included an appearance by [[Harriett Litchfield]].K. A. Crouch, ‘Litchfield |
There were benefit performances for Yates in 1797 at The Haymarket which included an appearance by [[Harriett Litchfield]].K. A. Crouch, ‘Litchfield, Harriett (1777–1854)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16773, accessed 1 Feb 2015] |
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==Selected roles== |
==Selected roles== |
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