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Actors 15
Aickin, Francis, d. 1805 1
Aickin, James, d. 1803 1
Costume 15
Dramatists 2
Dunstall, John, 1717-1778 1
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777 1
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 1
Hartley, Elizabeth, 1750?-1824 3
Kemble, Priscilla, 1758-1854 1
Lewis, William Thomas, 1749-1811 1
Performing arts 1
Singers 1
Smith, William, 1730-1819 2
Theater 15
Theatrical managers 1
Women in the theater 7
Woodward, Henry, 1714-1777 1
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784 3

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Actors 15
Aickin, Francis, d. 1805 1
Aickin, James, d. 1803 1
Costume 15
Dramatists 2
Dunstall, John, 1717-1778 1
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777 1
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 1
Hartley, Elizabeth, 1750?-1824 3
Kemble, Priscilla, 1758-1854 1
Lewis, William Thomas, 1749-1811 1
Performing arts 1
Singers 1
Smith, William, 1730-1819 2
Theater 15
Theatrical managers 1
Women in the theater 7
Woodward, Henry, 1714-1777 1
Yates, Mrs. (Mary Ann), 1728-1784 3

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Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Lady Jane Grey in "Lady Jane Grey"

Henry Woodward as Buck in "The Englishman in Paris"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Zaphira in "Barbarossa"

Samuel Foote as the Lecturer in "The Orators"

John Dunstall as Dominick in "The Spanish Fryar"

William Smith ("Gentleman Smith") as Oroonoko in "Oroonoko"

William Thomas Lewis as Castalio in "The Orphan"

Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Andromache in "The Distrest Mother"

Francis Aickin or James Aickin as Young Bevil in "Conscious Lovers"

Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Selima in "Selima and Azor"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Almeria in "The Mourning Bride"

William Smith ("Gentleman Smith") as Phocyas in "The Siege of Damascus"

David Garrick as Tancred in "Tancred and Sigismunda"

Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Cleopatra in "All for Love"

Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"

Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Lady Jane Grey in "Lady Jane Grey"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, veil on head, arms extended. With text: "Then there's an end of Greatness". Act IV, Scene 1.
Henry Woodward as Buck in "The Englishman in Paris"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, fists clenched in fighting stance. With text: "But I let drive at the mark, made the Soup-maigre rumble in his bread-basket."
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Zaphira in "Barbarossa"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing. With text: "No tyrant's threat can awe the free-born soul, That greatly dares to die."
Samuel Foote as the Lecturer in "The Orators"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing holding stick and hat.
John Dunstall as Dominick in "The Spanish Fryar"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing.
William Smith ("Gentleman Smith") as Oroonoko in "Oroonoko"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing long robe. With text: "Bless me indeed!"
William Thomas Lewis as Castalio in "The Orphan"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. With text: "Monimia! Monimia! she's gone!"
Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Andromache in "The Distrest Mother"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of Actorsand in the Anguish of my Heart, Weep o'er my Child". Act I, Scene 5.
Francis Aickin or James Aickin as Young Bevil in "Conscious Lovers"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of Actorsholding sheet of paper. With text: "Thus has this lady made me her friend and confident." Act IV, Scene 1. This may be James or Francis Aickin (brothers).
Priscilla Kemble (nee Hopkins) as Selima in "Selima and Azor"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, kneeling. With text: "Oh! call your sentence back, and save Axalla!" Act IV, Scene 2.
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Almeria in "The Mourning Bride"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, kneeling, hands clasped. With text: "Did ever father curse his kneeling child!"
William Smith ("Gentleman Smith") as Phocyas in "The Siege of Damascus"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. With text: "I'm Man, frail Man to error born."
David Garrick as Tancred in "Tancred and Sigismunda"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait with hands clasped in front.
Elizabeth Hartley (nee White) as Cleopatra in "All for Love"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, seated, arms extended from sides. With text: "Where shall I find him, where? Oh, turn me to him!" Act V.
Mary Ann Yates (nee Graham) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, hands clasped. With text: "Oh! Call back your cruel Blessing."

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