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3 unusual facts about Andrew Cherry


1762 in Ireland

11 January - Andrew Cherry, playwright, songwriter, actor and theatrical manager (died 1812 in Wales).

Eliza O'Neill

Her first appearance on the stage was made at the Crow Street theatre in 1811 as the Widow Cheerly in Andrew Cherry's The Soldier's Daughter, and after several years in Ireland she came to London and made an immediate success as Juliet at Covent Garden in 1814.

Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett

As Miss Mordaunt she had considerable experience, especially in Shakespearean leading parts, before her first London appearance in 1829 at Drury Lane as Widow Cheerly in Andrew Cherry's The Soldier's Daughter.



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