Maria Ann Lovell or Maria Lovell; Maria Lacy; Maria Ann Lacy (1803–1877) was an

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actress and playwright, often referred to as Mrs G. W. Lovell. She acted under the name Miss Lacy.

Life

Lovell was born in London on 15 July 1803 to Willoughby Lacy of Drury Lane.Maria Lowell
ODNB She was a working actor by 1818 when she successfully appeared in Belfast. By 1820 she was appearing in Scotland with

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and

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. In 1822 she appeared at Covent Garden with such success that in time she was given a three-year contract. s:Lovell, George William (DNB00):Lovell, George William, ODNB, Wikisource By 1826 she had appeared in

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and a lithograph recorded her role.Maria Ann Lovell (née Lacy) as Princess Diana in 'Love's Victory'
1826, NPG. Retrieved 25 July 2016 She retired from acting and married in 1830

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, a well-known dramatist, author of ''

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'', '' The Wife's Secret'', ''

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'', '' Look Before You Leap'', and '' The Trial of Love''. Her father died in 1831. Lovell published a five act play titled ''

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'' from ''Der Sohn der Wildnis'' ("The Son of the Wilderness"), a German-language play by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Munch-Bellinghausen, an Austrian who wrote as

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, and has been referred to as "Bellinghausen". The leading role of Parthenia was taken by Charlotte Vandenhoff when it was first performed at

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in 1851. Four years later she published another play, titled ''The Beginning and the End'' in four acts. It was performed at the

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in 1855. Lovell died in

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on 2 April 1877.

References

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