WOFFINGTON

1720—the PEG, the famous actre , was born in appeared on the Dublin stage in 1737, and played all kinds of parts. In 1740 she appeared at Covent Garden as Sylvia in the “ Recruiting Officer,” and scored an immense succe . Her only drawback was a rather harsh voice, but her beauty, grace, and vivacity far more than compensated for that. She was immoral, but most intensely kind-hearted and charitable, of which the Tedding ton Almshouses are a standing memorial. Her sister married Horace Walpole’s nephew, and she herself would probably have married Garrick if he had asked her. In 1757 she broke down while she was playing ‘ Rosalind 1 in "As you Like it,” and at once left the stage. She died at Tedding ton, where she had spent so much in charity and good works, on March 28th, 1760.