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On the opening of the new
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On 5 October 1867 the
Adelphi was reopened under her own supervision (but not responsible management). In December 1867 she was the original Sally Goldstraw in Charles Dickens and
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45:, Hampshire, on 8 July 1824. Her father, a tailor and unsuccessful actor, gave her a professional training. Making her first appearance at Plymouth in May 1836, as Leolyn in
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Failing to keep step with the steady march towards naturalness, she came to be considered stilted and over-pronounced. On 15 May 1878 a testimonial performance of
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Appearances in a variety of unimportant dramas, farces, and burlesques followed. After a severe illness she reappeared at the
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