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561:, in which she was playing Portia, to respond onstage that, "as an actress she had always done her best to oblige the Public; and as to her private character, she begged to be excused". Her career began to decline after this, and she appeared at Covent Garden less frequently. During the 1783–1784 season she was again hissed onstage, due to audience disapproval of her affairs. Nevertheless, for most of her career her beauty and talent outbalanced her disfavour with
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Having become a widow in 1784, Mary
Bulkley married Captain Ebenezer Barresford on 22 July 1788, but by 1791 she was "drinking heavily." Her carriage, overturning on Edinburgh's North Bridge in 1785, caused "hurt," preventing her from performing the following night. That injury may also have
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376:(as Julia Melville, 1775). Although eighteenth-century scholars took care to preserve the accuracy of printed versions of Shakespeare's plays, those plays were heavily edited for performance, to suit contemporary language and taste. In that environment, Bulkley performed in all the
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at least twice. She was considered a beauty when young, and her talent was praised. She married George
Bulkley and later Captain Ebenezer Barresford, and openly took several lovers. Her early career was successful, but later she was hissed on stage due to her
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Bulkley arrived in Edinburgh with John Banks. When Williamson arrived the same year and took her attention, Banks challenged Williamson and struck him in the dressing room, with no effect on Bulkley's affections.
294:, in 1768, there was a scandal. Dodd's wife died after about a year, and public sympathy waned as a result. Nevertheless, Mary Bulkley went with Dodd to Dublin in 1774, but had poor reviews because "Some recent transactions had excited strong
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Bulkley, both in play and farce, displayed, as usual, the most pleasing and excellent abilities as comedians, and gave general satisfaction." In 1776 they played
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Goldsmith was received at Covent Garden with "great applause," being the "only new comedy that had appeared in (the) theatre for some years." Mary Bulkley played Miss Hardcastle and performed the epilogue, but Hardcastle's song,
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contributed to the increase in her drinking. She became "old – sickly – and with a very red face." On 19 September 1792, at the age of forty-four, she died in "wretched pecuniary circumstances" in
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Husband: Or, a Journey to London. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's Servants. Written by the Late Sir John Vanbrugh, and Mr. Cibber, Volume 2
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against them." This left Dodd and Mary without money, so for a while she went home to her husband. However she went to live again with Dodd, and worked successfully in 1779 with
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Scotland," but she did not seem to give up. However, on Bulkley's arrival in January 1782 a spat with the acting manager of the
279:(c. 1740 – 1796). The first was Mary Elizabeth Bulkley (1768–1859), baptised on 9 November 1768 at St Paul Covent Garden. The second was George Wilford Bulkley (1769–1844), a
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Goldsmith even suggested rewriting it so that they should perform it together, quarrelling in character, but the owner-director
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for the first time, and at the end of the play danced a minuet with Mr Aldridge. On the same night she played a fine lady in the farce
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was omitted because Bulkley could not sing. Present at rehearsals for this première were
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318:, where she was buried in St Michael's churchyard, "not far from where Burns lies."
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1678:, Saturday 07 September 1776 p5 col4: For the benefit of Mr Dodd and Mrs Bulkley
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1908:, Wednesday 04 May 1785 p1 col1: Theatre Royal, Mrs Bulkley's night
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1608:, Wednesday 08 June 1774 p1 col3: On Monday last, Mr Dodd
1593:, Friday 03 June 1774 p1 col4: Theatre Royal, Crow-Street
1517:"Into the eighteenth century, Shakespeare in performance"
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1989:, Thursday 24 April 1788 p1 col1: Theatre Royal
1975:, Thursday 17 April 1788 p1 col1: Theatre Royal
1894:, Saturday 23 April 1785 p1 col1: Theatre Royal
1816:, Monday 28 January 1782 p1 col1: Theatre Royal
1760:. Institute of Historical Research. p. 52.
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220:Tho' polish'd, gay, and natural, though taught,
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224:Leads up the graces, and commands the loves.
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578:Performing with Williamson in Edinburgh
569:Performing with John Banks in Edinburgh
339:actress. In 1769 she was involved in a
222:See where that Wilford elegantly moves,
89:Stage names: Mrs Bulkley; Miss Bulkley.
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249:One here hath claim to all that share
1275:. Vol. 2 vols. United Kingdom.
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565:, and earned her "poems of praise."
517:The Life and Death of Julius Caesar.
245:... Yet (blessings on the pious care
237:How various are the shapes she wears
2300:A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
2257:D. M. Little and G. M. Kahrl, ed.,
1028:and in America, to little success.
788:The Wonder; A Woman Keeps a Secret,
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906:. In 1790 she played Hippolyta in
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1863:The history of the Scottish stage
241:Applauding multitudes she chears,
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207:. Because her uncle by marriage
66:19 December 1792 (aged 44 or 45)
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611:Wonder, a Woman Keeps a Secret
37:Mrs Bulkley as Mrs Wilding in
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2213:Everard, Edward Cape (1818).
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412:Covent Garden playbill (1779)
247:That rear's the tender frame)
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2259:The letters of David Garrick
1351:Memoirs of the Bristol stage
1187:UK public library membership
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922:, Lady Lardoon in the farce
824:Performing as Mrs Barresford
93:2nd married name: Barresford
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2250:The London stage, 1660–1800
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992:with her usual minuet, and
742:Three Weeks After Marriage,
727:Rule a Wife and Have a Wife
704:Rule a Wife and Have a Wife
425:The Humours of Ballamagairy
187:, and she died in poverty.
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2219:. J. Ballantyne. pp.
984:Three Weeks After Marriage
978:. She played the Queen in
936:Three Weeks After Marriage
620:Three Weeks After Marriage
507:The English Tars in India,
364:(as Miss Richland, 1768),
1474:Straub, Kristina (2017).
1392:Hitchcock, R. (1788–94).
1240:Kelly, Hugh (1739–1777).
1011:, where Bulkley is buried
459:James William Dodd (1779)
416:In 1773, the première of
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2243:, pt 4: 1747–1776 (1962)
1751:Wright, Rebecca (2014).
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858:The Clandestine Marriage
852:Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
673:The Clandestine Marriage
598:Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
484:The Clandestine Marriage
239:How lovely she's in all!
168:Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
2342:English women comedians
2327:English stage actresses
1563:Illustrated London News
1412:Memoirs of his own life
1200:Boswell, James (1791).
982:, and was in the farce
538:High Life Above Stairs.
243:Admirers hopeless fall.
172:Theatre Royal Haymarket
101:Dancer, comedian, actor
1620:Saunders's News-Letter
1606:Saunders's News-Letter
1591:Saunders's News-Letter
1577:Saunders's News-Letter
1426:Wilkinson, T. (1795).
1409:Wilkinson, T. (1790).
1203:Life of Samuel Johnson
1169:10.1093/ref:odnb/39764
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791:Belles Have At Ye All,
757:Much Ado About Nothing
746:Belles Have At Ye All,
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651:which both featured a
645:An Englishman in Paris
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543:At Covent Garden again
475:Sanders's News-Letter.
466:Much Ado About Nothing
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397:The Merchant of Venice
380:, but also played the
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176:Shakespearean comedies
2337:Actresses from London
1550:She Stoops to Conquer
1535:She Stoops to Conquer
1219:She Stoops to Conquer
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989:The Fashionable Lover
948:. In 1791 she played
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738:A Trip to Scarborough
699:Belles Have At Ye All
685:A Trip to Scarborough
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532:, and a farce called
519:A 1775 review in the
471:Theatre Royal, Dublin
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419:She Stoops to Conquer
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367:She Stoops to Conquer
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255:Marriages and affairs
205:Covent Garden Theatre
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185:extra-marital affairs
164:Theatre Royal, Dublin
160:Covent Garden Theatre
1953:. London: John Watts
1860:Jackson, J. (1793).
1676:Shrewsbury Chronicle
1662:Shrewsbury Chronicle
1648:Shrewsbury Chronicle
1634:Shrewsbury Chronicle
1348:Jenkins, R. (1826).
925:The Maid of the Oaks
895:The Beaux' Stratagem
866:The English Merchant
814:The Deuce Is In Him,
801:The School for Wives
795:The Maid of the Oaks
767:The Provok'd Husband
744:and again performed
640:The Maid of the Oaks
522:Shrewsbury Chronicle
378:Shakespeare comedies
361:The Good-Natur'd Man
2288:A Wife in the Right
2239:G. W. Stone, ed., T
1732:The Ipswich Journal
1690:The Ipswich Journal
1531:Leeds Intelligencer
1432:. Vol. 4 vols.
1415:. Vol. 4 vols.
1271:Bladon, S. (1772).
916:, Lady Gayville in
712:by George Coleman,
694:, and reciting the
626:The Constant Couple
487:and a farce called
199:Mary Bulkley (1776)
2248:C. B. Hogan, ed.,
2200:Caledonian Mercury
2186:Caledonian Mercury
2172:Caledonian Mercury
2158:Caledonian Mercury
2144:Caledonian Mercury
2130:Caledonian Mercury
2116:Caledonian Mercury
2102:Caledonian Mercury
2088:Caledonian Mercury
2074:Caledonian Mercury
2060:Caledonian Mercury
2046:Caledonian Mercury
2032:Caledonian Mercury
2018:Caledonian Mercury
2001:Caledonian Mercury
1987:Caledonian Mercury
1973:Caledonian Mercury
1934:Caledonian Mercury
1920:Caledonian Mercury
1906:Caledonian Mercury
1892:Caledonian Mercury
1878:Caledonian Mercury
1842:Caledonian Mercury
1828:Caledonian Mercury
1814:Caledonian Mercury
1800:Caledonian Mercury
1786:Caledonian Mercury
1772:Caledonian Mercury
1712:The Double Gallant
1502:Manchester Mercury
1458:Caledonian Mercury
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970:Elizabeth Inchbald
966:I'll Tell You What
964:. She appeared in
958:Aesop in the Shade
892:by George Colman,
868:by George Colman,
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841:Caledonian Mercury
829:manager, Jackson:
733:School for Scandal
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109:1758–1791
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