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‘Thus let me wipe dishonour from my name’: Peg Woffington as Lothario in The Fair Penitent

by Annette Rubery | Jan 6, 2023 | Theatre History, Woffington

Figure 1: Peg Woffington by John Lewis, oil on canvas, feigned oval 1753. National Portrait Gallery, London. On January 29th 1753 at Smock Alley playhouse in Dublin, Peg Woffington performed in drag as Lothario in Nicholas Rowe’s tragedy The Fair Penitent (Greene...

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