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Elizabeth Weaver (actress)

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Weaver was sacked by Sir Robert Howard and asked to return all her scripts as he was shocked to find out that she was pregnant. He believed that this would shock other women as she was not married. She had quit on finding that all of her roles had been given to other actresses. He wrote of his shock
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Weaver came to some notice in 1662 when she was taken to court by James Weaver. She had taken his name although they were not married and according to Weaver she had used his name to build up debts of thirty pounds. Not much is known of her former history but Samuel Pepys wrote that he was told that
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She continued to act but not in such major roles. In 1671 she returned to the name of Farley. She is not mentioned after she played Eudoria in
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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
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wrote a play for her but it is not certain that it was ever staged. She was said to be one of the original actresses in the
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even though she had been appearing as Biancha, an unrepentant adulteress in the play
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Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1993).
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and Pepys did not approve of the prince's behaviour.
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King's Company
Richard Flecknoe
King's Company
King Charles II
Nell Gwynne
Love's Sacrifice
The Rambling Justice
Trick for Trick
A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800
ISBN
978-0-8093-1802-5



doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/67770
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/67770
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"Saturday 11 January 1667/68"
Categories
17th-century births
English actresses
Mistresses of Charles II of England

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