English dramatist and actress. (c. 1667 - 1723)
Stage Works:
- The Perjur'd Husband (1700), a blank-verse tragedy
- The Beau's Duel (1702)
- The Stolen Heiress or The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted (1702)
- Love's Contrivance; a farcical adaptation of Molière's Le
médecin malgré lui (1703)
- The Gamester (1705), a sentimental comedy of manners
- The Busie Body (1709), a comedy of intrigue
- The Man's Bewitch'd or The Devil to Do about Her (1709), a comedy
- A Bickerstaff's Burying, or Work for the Upholders (1710), a farce
- The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714) comedy
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