Maria Ann Lovell

Maria Ann Lovell
Born 1803
Died 1877
Nationality Kingdom of Great Britain

Maria Ann Lovell or Maria Lovell; Maria Lacy; Maria Ann Lacy (1803–1877) was an English actress and playwright.

Life

Lovell was born in London on 15 July 1803 to Willoughby Lacy of Drury Lane.[1] She was a working actor by 1818 when she successfully appeared in Belfast. By 1820 she was appearing in Scotland with Edward Kean and Charles Young. In 1822 she appeared at Covent Garden with such success that in time she was given a three-year contract.[2] By 1826 she had appeared in Love's Victory by Lady Mary Wroth and a lithograph recorded her role.[3]

She retired from acting and married in 1830 George William Lovell. Her father died the following year.[2]

Lovell published a five act play titled Ingomar the Barbarian.[4] The text had been translated from a German play and the leading role of Parthenia was taken by Charlotte Vandenhoff when it was first performed at Drury Lane in 1851. Four years later she published another play in four acts titled The Beginning and the End. It was performed at the Haymarket in 1855.[2]

Lovell died in Hampstead on 2 April 1877.

References

  1. ↑ Maria Lowell, ODNB
  2. 1 2 3 s:Lovell, George William (DNB00):Lovell, George William, ODNB, Wikisource
  3. ↑ Maria Ann Lovell (née Lacy) as Princess Diana in 'Love's Victory', 1826, NPG, Retrieved 25 July 2016
  4. ↑ Maria Anne Lovell (187?). Ingomar the Barbarian: A Play in Five Acts. Samuel French & Son. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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