Georgina George later Lady Oldmixon or Mrs Oldmixon (b.? – February 3, 1835) was an English singer and actress, who sang in England, then emigrated to the United States, and sang there as Mrs Oldmixon.
Oxford
George was born in
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
on a date that is not known. She began four seasons of singing in Oxford when she made her debut at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, on 11 February 1779. Her father appeared on her behalf during his 1780 dispute with the cello player G.Morello, who was annoyed that Georgina had not performed in his benefit performance.
London
In 1783 she moved to London where she sang at the leading theatres. She sang first at
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...
, and then for three years at
Drury Lane
Drury Lane is a street on the eastern boundary of the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster.
Notable landmarks ...
.
[
She moved from just singing when she took the role of Rosetta in '']Love in a Village
''Love in a Village'' is a ballad opera in three acts that was composed and arranged by Thomas Arne. A pastiche, the work contains 42 musical numbers of which only five were newly composed works by Arne. The other music is made up of 13 pieces bo ...
'' and then sang in Comus
In Greek mythology, Comus (; grc, Κῶμος, ''Kōmos'') is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He is a son and a cup-bearer of the god Dionysus. He was represented as a winged youth or a child-like satyr and represents ana ...
and in Artaxerxes, all by Thomas Arne
Thomas Augustine Arne (; 12 March 17105 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best known for his patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" and the song "A-Hunting We Will Go", the latter composed for a 1777 production of ''The Beggar's Opera'', whic ...
.
Sir John Oldmixon
During the 1787–8 season she was appearing at the Royalty Theatre in East London. She appeared in ''Apollo Turn'd Stroller'' which was notable[ because it was written by the fashionable army officer Sir John Morella Oldmixon. At one time Oldmixon had been a beau at Bath, where he took pride in having the correct number of curls in his hair.][ Details are not clear, but by 1793 she was reportedly married to him. In that year they were both short of money, and George was given an offer to appear in America.
]
Philadelphia
On 14 May 1794 she sang in "Robin Hood" at Thomas Wignell
Thomas Wignell (1753 – 21 February 1803) was an English-born actor and theatre manager in the colonial United States.
Early years
Thomas Wignell was born into a working theatre family. He was born in England to his parents John and Henrietta ...
's theatre in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
.Chestnut Street Theatre
The Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first theater in the United States built by entrepreneurs solely as a venue for paying audiences.The Chestnut Street Theatre Project
The New Theatre (First Chestnut Street Theatre) ...
named her as Mrs Oldmixon.Germantown Germantown or German Town may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Germantown, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
United States
* Germantown, California, the former name of Artois, a census-designated place in Glenn County
* Ger ...
, where her husband grew vegetables and drove in each day with items to sell and carrying George for her performances. The marriage did not last, and her husband went off to live in Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
.Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
in 1835.[
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References
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1835 deaths
Actresses from Oxford
18th-century American actresses
American stage actresses
18th-century British women singers
18th-century British actresses
