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Peg Woffington

Woffington, Peg (Margaret)

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Woffington, Peg (Margaret) (c.1714–60), the celebrated actress. She had many lovers, and lived for some time with Garrick. She is the subject of Masks and Faces (1852), a play by C. Reade and Tom Taylor, on which Reade based his novel Peg Woffington (1853).
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Peg Woffington

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Peg Woffington, a novel by C. Reade, based on an episode in the life of Peg Woffington, and adapted from his play Masks and Faces.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Peg Woffington." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-PegWoffington.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Peg Woffington." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-PegWoffington.html

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