Crow Street Theatre
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Crow Street Theatre was a theatre in Dublin, Ireland, on Crow Street in the Temple Bar area of the city, originally opened in 1758 by the actor Spranger Barry. From 1788 until 1818 it was a patent the
Spranger Barry
Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catharine and Petruchio
Maria Nossiter
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Maria Isabella Nossiter was a British stage actress. She died young having risen to a high salary and owning a share of a Dublin theatre.
Crow Street Theatre
…withdrew. Barry and Woodward moved to Dublin, and the Crow Street Theatre opened in October 1758. It struggled as a rival to the Smock Alley Theatre. Maria Nossiter (1735–1759), who had lived with Barry in London, was assigned an eighth share of the profits. In 1760 Barry and Woodward opened a theatre in Cork, the…
Maria Nossiter (right) as Juliet to Spranger Barry's Romeo in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Covent Garden in 1759.