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Susanna Centlivre

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English actor, poet, playwright (c. 1667/70 - 1723)

WritersLived 1667 to 1723 · aged 56
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Susanna Centlivre, also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century". " During a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn.

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Susanna Centlivre, also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century". Centlivre's "pieces continued to be acted after the theatre managers had forgotten most of her contemporaries." During a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn.

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deceased
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Lived 1667 to 1723 · aged 56
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