Jane Lucas was an English stage actress and singer of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. From around 1693 she was a member of the

United Company The United Company was a London theatre company formed in 1682 with the merger of the King's Company and the Duke's Company. Both the Duke's and King's Companies suffered poor attendance during the turmoil of the Popish Plot period, 1678&ndas ...

based at the

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. In 1697 she had fellow actor

Colley Cibber Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir ''Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber'' (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling ...

arrested, although the reason was not clear and she remained acting in the company alongside him for some years afterwards.Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.217

Selected roles

* Lucy Welldon in ''

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'' by

Thomas Southerne Thomas Southerne (12 February 166026 May 1746) was an Irish dramatist. Biography Thomas Southerne, born on 12 February 1660, in Oxmantown, near Dublin, was an Irish dramatist. He was the son of Francis Southerne (a Dublin brewer) and Margar ...

(1695) * Amanda's Servant in ''

Love's Last Shift ''Love's Last Shift, or The Fool in Fashion'' is an English Restoration comedy by Colley Cibber from 1696. The play is regarded as an early herald of a shift in audience tastes away from the intellectualism and sexual frankness of Restoration ...

'' by

1696) * Maukine in '' Pausanius'' by Richard Norton (1696) * Sue in '' The Cornish Comedy'' by George Powell (1696) * Lucy in '' The Perjured Husband'' by Susanna Centlivre (1700) * Mademoiselle in '' The Funeral'' by

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(1701) * Parly in ''

Sir Harry Wildair ''Sir Harry Wildair'' is a 1701 comic play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. It is a sequel to the 1699 hit ''The Constant Couple'', portraying the further adventures of the most popular character from the earlier play. The original Drury L ...

'' by George Farquhar (1701) * Clora in ''

All for the Better ''All for the Better'' is a 1702 comedy play by the English writer Francis Manning. The original Drury Lane cast included Thomas Simpson as Mendez, Robert Wilks as Woodvil, John Mills as Johnson, Charles Fairbank as Young Mendez, John Bickerstaf ...

'' by Francis Manning (1702) * Malapert in ''

Vice Reclaimed ''Vice Reclaimed'' is a 1703 comedy play by Richard Wilkinson. It is also known by the longer title ''Vice Reclaim'd: Or, the Passionate Mistress''. It premiered at the Drury Lane Theatre included Benjamin Johnson as Sir Feeble Goodwill, Robert ...

'' by Richard Wilkinson (1703) * Lucy in ''

Tunbridge Walks ''Tunbridge Walks'' is a 1703 comedy play by the English writer Thomas Baker. It starred the droll actor William Pinkethman in a leading role. It is also known by the longer title ''Tunbridge Walks, or the Yeoman of Kent''. It was part of a gro ...

'' by Thomas Baker (1703) * Flora in '' The Fair Example'' by

Richard Estcourt Richard Estcourt (1668–1712) was an English actor, who began by playing comedy parts in Dublin. His first London appearance was in 1704 as Dominick, in Dryden's ''Spanish Friar'', and he continued to take important parts at Drury Lane, being t ...

(1703) * Lettice in '' The Lying Lover'' by

(1703) * Mrs Edging in ''

The Careless Husband ''The Carless Husband'' is a comedy play by the English writer Colley Cibber. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 7 December 1704. The original cast featured Cibber as Lord Foppington, George Powell as Lord Morelove, Robert Wilks as ...

'' by

(1704) * Mrs ap Shinken in '' An Act at Oxford'' by Thomas Baker (1705) * Jenny in '' Farewell Folly'' by Pierre Motteux (1705) * Alpiew in '' The Basset Table'' by Susanna Centlivre (1705)

References

Bibliography

* Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800:Cabanel to Cory''. SIU Press, 1973. * Lowerre, Kathryn. ''Music and Musicians on the London Stage, 1695–1705''. Routledge, 2017. * Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume One, 1660–1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960. 17th-century English people 18th-century English people English stage actresses 17th-century English actresses 18th-century English actresses Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{England-stage-actor-stub