Frances Boothby

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Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670), playwright, was the first woman to have a play produced in London: her tragicomedy, Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend, was performed by the King's Company in 1669 (pub. 1670). Little else is known of her.


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  • Hughes, Derek. “Boothby, Frances (fl. 1669–1670).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. 16 Nov. 2006.


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