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1671 - Her precise date of birth is a source of great dispute due to conflicting records of her life. She was baptised in Northampton on November 15th.
1688 - Her name first appears in the Lord Chamberlain's accounts as a member of the United Company (into which the Duke's Company had by then merged), and a few of her roles in the following years are known through surviving manuscript cast lists.
1689 - She played Semernia in Aphra Behn's The Widow Ranter, a breeches role, a type of role she would often return to.
1690 - She playing parts like Lady Anne in Shakespeare's Richard III and Desdemona in Othello.
- Colley Cibber described Bracegirdle in his autobiography as she appeared, when he first joined the company at Drury Lane.
- He describes his own highest acting ambition (never fulfilled) as a new and inconspicuous company employee to have been that of "playing a Lover with Mrs. Bracegirdle".
1692 - The "tendre" felt by both Captain Richard Hill and the actor William Mountfort, caused a celebrated tragedy.
1694 - Bracegirdle's skill as a high comedienne was fully developed and recognized, and William Congreve and others were writing roles especially for her.
1695 - The monopoly United Company was torn apart by actor/management conflict, and the disgruntled senior actors led by Betterton, Barry, and Bracegirdle then formed their own collaborative company.
1706 - Bracegirdle quitted the stage.
1748 - She died on the 12th of September.
1688 - Her name first appears in the Lord Chamberlain's accounts as a member of the United Company (into which the Duke's Company had by then merged), and a few of her roles in the following years are known through surviving manuscript cast lists.
1689 - She played Semernia in Aphra Behn's The Widow Ranter, a breeches role, a type of role she would often return to.
1690 - She playing parts like Lady Anne in Shakespeare's Richard III and Desdemona in Othello.
- Colley Cibber described Bracegirdle in his autobiography as she appeared, when he first joined the company at Drury Lane.
- He describes his own highest acting ambition (never fulfilled) as a new and inconspicuous company employee to have been that of "playing a Lover with Mrs. Bracegirdle".
1692 - The "tendre" felt by both Captain Richard Hill and the actor William Mountfort, caused a celebrated tragedy.
1694 - Bracegirdle's skill as a high comedienne was fully developed and recognized, and William Congreve and others were writing roles especially for her.
1695 - The monopoly United Company was torn apart by actor/management conflict, and the disgruntled senior actors led by Betterton, Barry, and Bracegirdle then formed their own collaborative company.
1706 - Bracegirdle quitted the stage.
1748 - She died on the 12th of September.
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