Subjects: Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction, PR, Actresses -- Fiction, Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760 -- Fiction, Biographical fiction, I
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Published in 1853, this was Reade's second novel. Based on the life of the Irish actress Margaret Woffington (1720-1760), it was adapted from his successful 1852 stage comedy, Masks and Faces .