WXDA Person Record #400
Wells
Subject of studyFemale
Person Details
- Person Type
- Subject of study
- Presumptive Sex
- Female
- Honorific
- Mrs
- Name / Title(s)
- Wells
- Title
- Wells
Mentioned in 3 Records
- Epilogue-Prologue.20 Apr 1785
Epilogue-Prologue "spoken by Mrs. Wells, in the character of Macheath after the Beggar's Opera" discusses an "age, where sexes meet each other". It references a…
- No title.26 May 1787Breeches Actor
"Mrs. Wells was resolved to be dressed a la-mode, and consequently must have skirts to her coat, should she appear as a French Marquis; this, Capt. Skirtminus w…
- Mirror of Truth, or Authentic Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Wells.5 Sept 1787Breeches Actor
Mrs. Wells's breeches roles. Her first role of any kind is as the Duke of York in Richard III in Birmingham theatre. Then in London played Macheath in Haymark…