Cato, a Tragedy
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Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and first performed on 14 April 1713. It is based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, a Stoic whose deeds, rhet
John Philip Kemble as Cato by Thomas Lawrence, 1812.
John Kemble as Cato in his revival at Covent Garden in 1816, drawn by George Cruikshank.
Anne Oldfield
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Anne Oldfield was an English actress and one of the highest paid actresses of her time.
Portrait of Oldfield, National Portrait Gallery (artist unknown)
Anne Oldfield at the Covent Gardens.Edward Fisher, after Jonathan Richardson mezzotint, circa 1760–1785,
Resting place in Westminster Abbey