Hallam, Mrs. Lewis (?–1774)
Hallam, Mrs. Lewis (?–1774)
English-born actress. Name variations: Margaret Cheer. Little is known about Hallam, including given name, date of birth or family, or place of death; died 1774; m. Lewis Hallam (actor, died 1756); David Douglass (actor), 1756; children: (1st m.) 4, including Isabella Mattocks (actress).
Became regular member of "Mr. [William] Hallam's Company of Comedians" (1745); with theater troupe, moved from England to American colonies (1752); made US debut as Portia in Merchant of Venice (Williamsburg, VA, Sept 15, 1752); other roles included Lady Anne in Richard III, Lady Percy in Henry IV, Indiana in The Conscious Lovers, Angelica in Love for Love and Gertrude in Hamlet.
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DIED: 1963, Oxford, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction
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Published in 1922
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