- Woffington
- biographical name Margaret circa 1714-1760 Peg Irish actress
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Woffington
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Woffington — [wäf′iŋ tən] Peg [peg] (born Margaret Woffington) 1714? 60; Ir. actress in England * * * … Universalium
Woffington — [wäf′iŋ tən] Peg [peg] (born Margaret Woffington) 1714? 60; Ir. actress in England … English World dictionary
Woffington — /ˈwɒfɪŋtən/ (say wofingtuhn) noun Peg (Margaret Woffington), 1714–60, Irish actor in England …
Woffington, Peg — ▪ Irish actress byname of Margaret Woffington, also called The Woffington born c. 1714, Dublin, Ire. died March 28, 1760, London, Eng. Irish actress, one of the outstanding theatrical personalities of her time. Woffington became a… … Universalium
WOFFINGTON, PEG — actress, born in Dublin, where she made her first appearance in 1737, and in London at Covent Garden in 1740, in a style which carried all hearts by storm; she was equally charming in certain male characters as in female; her character was not … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Margaret Woffington — Margaret Woffington, by John Lewis, 1753. Margaret Peg Woffington (18 October 1720 – 28 March 1760)[1] was a well known Irish actress in Georgian London … Wikipedia
УОФФИНГТОН Маргарет — (Woffington, Margaret) (1718 1760), Англия; комедийная актриса, исполнительница ролей травести, играла в театрах Друри Лейн и Ковент Гарден … Энциклопедия Кольера
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David Garrick — For other people named David Garrick, see David Garrick (disambiguation). David Garrick David Garrick by Thomas Gainsborough. Born 19 February 1717( … Wikipedia
