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	Anne Bracegirdle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bracegirdle." In 1692, the "tendre" felt by both Captain Richard Hill and the actor William Mountfort, caused a celebrated tragedy.
		The jealous Hill and a gang of toughs led by the infamous Lord Mohun, attempted to abduct Anne and murdered Mountfort, her presumed lover, in the street.
		By 1694, Bracegirdle's skill as a high comedienne was fully developed and recognized, and William Congreve and others were writing roles especially for her.
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	Anne Bracegirdle (1671-1748)
		BRACEGIRDLE may be said to have been reared in the theater, for she made her first appearance, as a page, at six years old.
		Bracegirdle." In Dryden 's epilogue to "King Arthur," written for her, allusion is made to these unceasing importunities, and it commences with--
		She retired from the stage in 1707, in the very height of her fame; but beautiful Anne Oldfield had succeeded to some of her parts, and her youth and brilliant talents were casting the older actress into the shade.
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	John Vanbrugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anne Bracegirdle, Bellinda in The Provoked Wife, often played the comic half of a contrasted tragic/comic heroine pair with Elizabeth Barry.
		In the intimate conversational dialogue between Lady Brute and her niece Bellinda (Bracegirdle), and especially in the star part of Sir John Brute the brutish husband (Betterton), which was hailed as one of the peaks of Thomas Betterton's remarkable career, The Provoked Wife is something as unusual as a Restoration problem play.
		His work here is said to have impressed both Queen Anne and her government, and is directly responsible for his subsequent success.
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		Bracegirdle, so well known, as an excellent actress, and who died not many years ago, that it would be superfluous to give a particular account of her; his passion was rejected with disdain by Mrs.
		Bracegirdle by gentle means, he determined to have recourse to violence, and hired some ruffians to assist him in carrying her off.
		Bracegirdle; which however is no concern of mine; when he uttered these words, Hill, behind his back, gave him some desperate blows on his head, and before Mr.
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	Anne Bracegirdle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She was probably raised by the actors Thomas and Mary Betterton from an early age, and it is speculated that she was the "little girl" referred to several times in playbills before 1688 for the Duke's Company, where Thomas Betterton was the big star.
		In a very few years, she had become one of the important members of the company and an audience favorite, as is indicated by the frequency with which she spoke prologues and epilogues.
		Bracegirdle was one of the original patent-holders of the actors' company, and she played Angelica when it opened with the première of Congreve's Love For Love, the greatest hit of the 1690s.
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	Descendants - pafg06.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Anne Eliza CALDWELL ( Mary BRACEGIRDLE, James, Matthew, Samuel, Philip) was born on 4 May 1843 in Knutsford,CHS.
		Edwin BRACEGIRDLE was christened on 10 Dec 1884 in All Saints,Harthill,CHS.
		Ann BRACEGIRDLE ( Matthew, James, Matthew, Samuel, Philip) was born on 9 Dec 1856 in Over,CHS.
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		Bracegirdle is going on 50 but as a composer, he acknowledges, ‘you could say that I’m only 5 years old.’ Yet he’s too old to qualify for most composers’ competitions.
		Bracegirdle arranged music for student big bands when he was studying at the Philadelphia Musical Academy and later the Juilliard School in New York, but it was when the ACB’s choreographer asked him for a tango that he looked seriously at being original.
		Bracegirdle upped sticks and dragged his wife and daughter to Germany in 1990, to blow his life savings on studying conducting under Michael Gielen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and to work in 1991 as assistant conductor at an opera house in the former East Germany.
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	Families of Roade - pafg132 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Ann Caves was christened on 1 Jul 1739 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.
		Anne Caves was christened on 6 Nov 1761 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.
		Ann Caves was christened on 11 Apr 1736 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.
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	Bracegirdle, Anne
		Bracegirdle excelled at playing the heroines of Congreve's artificial comedies, but she also had a feeling for Rowe's tragic sentiments when she portrayed Selina in Tamerlane and Lavinia in The Fair Penitent.
		Bracegirdle retired at the height of her career, about 1707, when she began to be eclipsed by the rising star of Anne Oldfield.
		Bracegirdle enjoyed a reputation for virtuous character extraordinary in an actress of the period.
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		Bracegirdle In all the chief Parts she acted, the Desirable was so predominant, that no Judge could be cold enough to consider from what other particular Excellence she became delightful." Cibber was smitten.
		By 1694, Bracegirdle's skill as a high comedienne was fully developed and recognized, and William Congreve (playwright) William Congreve and others were writing roles especially for her.
		Bracegirdle, one of the original patent-holders of the actors' company, played Angelica when the new company opened business with the première of Congreve's '' Love For Love '', the greatest hit of the 1690s.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Anne_Bracegirdle.html (1012 words)

	wiki/Anne Bracegirdle Definition / wiki/Anne Bracegirdle Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It can also refer, in opera, to any male part sung and acted by a female singer — in the case of a woman playing the role of a young man, the part is often filled by a mezzo soprano....
		Bracegirdle." In 1692 Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft.
		Congreve tailored Angelica to Bracegirdle's talents and stage presence, as he also did five years later with one of the most famous women's roles in British theatrical history, Millamant in The Way of the World ( 1700 Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar.
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	Womens Ascent to the Stage
		Anne Bracegirdle first appeared on stage as a child and would go on to acheive her greatest successes playing in the comedies of William Congreve (whose mistress she was rumoured to have been).
		Anne was much loved both by the theatregoing public and by her fellow performers.
		Anne Oldfield, popularly known as 'Nance', was born low on the social scale and used the stage to raise her status until she had earned her final resting place in Westminster Abbey.
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	Bracegirdle, Anne -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bracegirdle studied acting with Thomas Betterton, her guardian, and appeared on the stage as early as six years of age.
		She was called Good Queen Anne, however, because she was goodhearted, conscientious, and deeply religious.
		The poet Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea, was a well-known figure in English literary circles at the turn of the 18th century.
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	Art: A Dramatic Tale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bracegirdle, strong in position, tradition, face, figure, and many qualities of an actor, was by no means sorry of an opportunity to quench a rising rival; and thus the two ladies were to act together in "The Rival Queens," within a few days of our story.
		Anne's mother might have weakened this by examples at her own door, to wit, the exciseman, who was a clever fellow, and his son an ass.
		Bracegirdle, all wreathed in smiles; the applause being ended, she returned to Roxana as quickly as it is possible to do after such a deviation.
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	John Vanbrugh - Wikipedia
		Anne Bracegirdle, die ihre Nichte spielte, war ihre komÃ¶diantische ErgÃ¤nzung.
		Sowohl Queen Anne wie auch ihre Regierung sollen von seiner AusfÃ¼hrung begeistert gewesen sein und damit fÃ¼r seine weiteren Erfolge verantwortlich sein.
		Queen Anne beglich zwar anfangs einige der Baukosten, doch erfolgte die Bezahlung zunehmend zÃ¶gerlicher, als sich die Kluft zur Herzogin von Marlborough, ihrer vormals engsten Freundin, weitete.
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		Ann died on 21 Feb 1821, she was 81.
		Ann died on 18 Sep 1866, she was 88.
		Ann died on 18 Jan 1851, she was 79.
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	Encyclopedia: John Vanbrugh
		Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air.
		Anne Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Anne (6 February 1665–1 August 1714), became Queen of England and Scotland on 8 March 1702.
		Sarah Churchill, née Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough (May 29, 1660 - October 18, 1744), rose to be one of the most influential women in British history, largely as a result of her close friendship with Queen Anne.
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	John Vanbrugh - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His work here is said to have impressed both Queen Anne and her government; and is directly respnsible for his subsequent success.
		The Duchess later claimed Queen Anne herself had selected Vanbrugh, as the monarch had been impressed by Vanbrugh's plans for the Royal Hospital.
		Queen Anne paid some of them, but with growing reluctance and lapses following her frequent altercations with Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough.
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		Anne Bracegirdle was the daughter of Justinian Bracegirdle, of Northamptonshire.
		By the imprudence of her father, who ruined himself by becoming surety for some friends, she was early left to the care of Betterton and his wife, whose attentions to her she always acknowledged to be truly paternal.
		Bracegirdle was now but just blooming in her maturity; her reputation, as an actress, gradually rising with that of her person; never any woman was in such general favour of her spectators, which, to the last scene of her dramatic life, she maintained by not being unguarded in her private character.
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		Woffington moved to the door, with the Bracegirdle missive in her hand, but not before she had delivered its general contents: "The great actress will be here in a few minutes," said she, and she glided swiftly out of the room.
		Bracegirdle did the same; and, striking the attitudes that had passed for heroic in their day, they declaimed out of the "Rival Queens" two or three tirades, which I graciously spare the reader of this tale.
		Bracegirdle now raised her eyes (they had set her in a chair), and looking sweetly, tenderly and earnestly on her old companion, she said to him, slowly, gently, but impressively "Colley, at threescore years and ten this was ill done of us!
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	AllRefer.com - Anne Bracegirdle (Theater, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		A pupil of Betterton, she was the delight of Colley Cibber and the favorite of Congreve, achieving her greatest successes as the heroines of Congreve's comedies, which were written for her.
		Eclipsed by Anne Oldfield, she retired in 1707, but in 1710 made a reappearance as Angelica in Love for Love together with Betterton and Mrs.
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		Bracegirdle, Anne (1663?â“1748), English actor, who was the mistress of William Congreve.
		Anne (1665-1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-1714), the last British sovereign of the house of Stuart.
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	Fidelis Morgan Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The part was then called Monica Bracegirdle, and I suggested Bunty at the interview.
		Anne Bracegirdle was in fact a very famous Restoration actress.
		There's a Captain Bracegirdle who is an off-stage character in one of Noel Coward's pieces.
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	ANNE BRACEGIRDLE - LoveToKnow Article on ANNE BRACEGIRDLE
		ANNE BRACEGIRDLE - LoveToKnow Article on ANNE BRACEGIRDLE
		The story runs that it was left for the audience to determine which was the better comedy actress, the test being the part of Mrs Brittle in Bettertons Amorous Widow, which was played alternately by the two rivals on successive nights.
		When the popular vote was given in favor of Mrs Oldfield, Mrs Bracegirdle quitted the stage, making only one reappearance at Bettertons benefit in 1709.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BR/BRACEGIRDLE_ANNE.htm (1467 words)

	Anne Bracegirdle Definition / Anne Bracegirdle Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Columbia Encyclopedia The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and sold by the Gale Group.
		[click for more] playing parts like Lady Anne in Shakespeare William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in the English Language.
		His ability to capture and convey the most profound aspects of human nature is regarded by many as unequalled, and the English Renaissance has often been named "the age of Shakespeare".
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		The author's grumpy dedication blames prejudice against women writers, but in truth the play was one of her poorer efforts.
		Mrs Manley's {u}Almyna{/u}{+} (16 December) was a rather stale heroic tragedy in a near-eastern setting, clearly written as a vehicle for Barry and Bracegirdle.
		It came off after three nights; was revised; and then was deprived of revival by Mrs Bracegirdle's abrupt retirement from the stage.
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	Scenes
		Anne Bracegridle was another well known actress of the time.
		Bracegirdle, in order to gain herself more esteem, took on the role of being the "virgin actress" of English theatre.
		He was the head of a theatrical family, married to actress Mary, née Sanderson, and father to Anne Bracegirdle.
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	The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield, by Edward Robins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bracegirdle. ; In this they committed two palpable errors; for while the best actors are in health, and still on the stage, the public is always apt to be out of humour when those of a lower class pretend to stand in their places.”
		Bracegirdle had a different way of thinking, and desir’d to be excused from those of Mrs.
		Barry; her good sense was not to be misled by the insidious favour of the patentees; she knew the stage was wide enough for her success, without entering into any such rash and invidious competition with Mrs.
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	William Congreve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		was graced by the actress Mrs Anne Bracegirdle for whom Congreve was to draw some of his most memorable heroines.
		To Mrs Bracegirdle he left £200 as a fond rememberance of good times in green rooms past.
		Henrietta buried her "friend" with great pomp in Westminster Abbey and on his monument had inscribed that it was a "mark of how dearly she remembers the happiness and honour she enjoyed in the sincere friendship of so worthy and honest a man...
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