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Churchyard, listing the names of important graves lost therein by the building of a railway line. Her date of death is given as 1693. She was probably buried on 1 March 1693, although there is some doubt as to whether the Mary
Slingsby buried is this lady. It has been speculated that the name may
89:, from the same source, the same character went to Mrs Lee. As the second part was written first, and probably produced first, Mrs Lee's second marriage may have been in 1681. In
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Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
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Henry VI, Part I, with the Murder of
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
780:, licensed 13 June, she was the Queen of Spain; in D'Urfey's
848:, and, as Mrs Mary Lee, Cressida in Dryden's adaptation of
875:In 1684 she was, at Dorset Garden, Lady Noble in
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862:. Mrs Mary Lee was also Julia in L. Maidwell's
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820:, licensed 2 November, she was Roxana, and in
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738:(1674). In the same year she was Salome in
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846:Feigned Courtezans, or a Night's Intrigue
814:Constant Nymph, or the Rambling Shepherd
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792:by Settle, she was Corisca. In Otway's
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655:Fisk, Deborah Payne. "Lee, Mary".
66:Town-Shifts, or the Suburb-Justice
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881:Dame Dobson, or the Cunning Woman
760:, a play by Settle, based on the
34:Sir Charles Slingsby, 2nd Baronet
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736:Conquest of China by the Tartars
705:Dictionary of National Biography
184:Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial
149:Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
978:17th-century English actresses
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168:by Christopher van der Ark.
99:Lady Slingsby was Regan, in
844:, Laura Lucretia in Behn's
812:, licensed 18 June. In the
778:Don Carlos, Prince of Spain
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772:, taken by Settle from
629:A Commonwealth of Women
551:The Misery of Civil War
473:The Destruction of Troy
221:The Six Days' Adventure
16:English stage actresses
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265:The Empress of Morocco
237:by Edward Revet (1671)
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794:Titus and Berenice
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732:Empress of Morocco
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548:Queen Margaret in
538:The Loving Enemies
483:Laura Lucretia in
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160:In fiction
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595:Anonymous
587:Lucia in
535:Julia in
418:Circe in
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