Her first appearance on stage was at Haymarket in 1755 as Miranda in Mrs Centlivre's play, Busybody. In 1755, she was recommended by Samuel Foote and joined the Drury Lane company, although being overshadowed by Hannah Pritchard and Kitty Clive.
In 1759, after an unhappy marriage to her music teacher, the royal trumpeter James Abington, she was mentioned in the bills as "Mrs.
She remained at the Drury Lane for 18 years, being the first to play more than 30 important characters, notably Lady Teazle (1777). In April 1772, when James Northcote saw her as Miss Notable in Cibber's The Lady's Last Stake, he remarked to his brother Her Shakespeare heroines – Beatrice, Portia, Desdemona and Ophelia – were no less successful than her comic characters – Miss Hoyden, Biddy Tipkin, Lucy Lockit and Miss Prue.
In 1782 she left Drury Lane for Covent Garden.
After an absence from the stage from 1790 until 1797, she reappeared, quitting finally in 1799. ==Notes== Attribution ==External links== 1737 births 1815 deaths English stage actresses 18th-century English actresses English buskers
After an absence from the stage from 1790 until 1797, she reappeared, quitting finally in 1799. ==Notes== Attribution ==External links== 1737 births 1815 deaths English stage actresses 18th-century English actresses English buskers
After an absence from the stage from 1790 until 1797, she reappeared, quitting finally in 1799. ==Notes== Attribution ==External links== 1737 births 1815 deaths English stage actresses 18th-century English actresses English buskers
Frances "Fanny" Abington (1737 – 4 March 1815) was an English actress that was known for her acting as well as her sense of fashion. ==Biography== She was born Frances Barton or Frances "Fanny" Barton, as the daughter of a private soldier.
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