biography
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Centlivre, Susannah
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née Freeman
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pronunciation:
[sentleever]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (c.1667–c.1723)
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| biography:
| Playwright, probably born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, EC England, UK. She was first married at 16 and twice widowed. In 1700 she produced a tragedy, The Perjured Husband, and subsequently appeared on the stage in Bath in her own comedy, Love at a Venture (1706). In 1706 she married her third husband, Joseph Centlivre, head cook to Queen Anne at Windsor. Her 18 plays include The Gamester (1705) and A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1717). |
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