Mary Anne Yates

Mary Anne Yates (1728–1787) was an English tragic actress. The daughter of William Graham, a ship's steward and his wife, Mary, she married Richard Yates (c. 1706-1796), a well-known comedian of the time.

In 1753, aged 25, she appeared at Drury Lane as Marcia in Samuel Crisp's Virginia. David Garrick played the part of Virginius. Yates was gradually entrusted with all the leading parts and succeeded the then famous actress Mrs Cibber as the leading tragedienne of the English stage.

Yates was in turn succeeded and eclipsed by the famous Sarah Siddons.

External links

Peter Thomson: Mary Ann Yates at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource: "Yates, Mary Ann". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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Name	Yates, Mary Ann
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Short description	English actor
Date of birth	1728
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Date of death	1787
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