| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN: - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 599. - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Published her plays anonymously because of what she felt was a severe prejudice against women writing for theatre". Cf. - Fidelis Morgan, The Female Wits - Fidelis Morgan & Paddy Lyons, Female Playwrights of the Restoration |
| Provisional Notes |
Year of birth estimated.
She was born wither Rawkins or Freeman, between 1667 and 1677. She is said to have been a strolling player and in her youth dressed as a man and went for a short while to Cambridge University.She appears to have married twice before settling down with the husband who gave her the name Centlivre, who had first seen her when she was playing the role of Alexander the Great in The Rival Queens at Windsor Castle.
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Dramatist, poet, journalist; felt a severe prejudice against women writing for the theater. Was a very successful playwright, earning much money and seeing many successful productions of her plays, which, unlike many of her contemporaries plays, survived her, being frequently performed up till the 20th century. |