Elizabeth "Betty" Cox was an English stage actress of the seventeenth century.

Life

Her debut was in March 1671 when she acted Lydia in William Wycherley's Love in a Wood, for the King's Company,[1] based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.[2] She left the stage in 1675 but returned briefly in 1682.

Selected roles

References

  1. "Cox, Elizabeth (fl. 1671–1688), actress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67759. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 17 November 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. Highfill, Burnim & Langhans pp.17–18

Bibliography

  • Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800:. SIU Press, 1982.
  • Lanier, Henry Wysham. The First English Actresses: From the Initial Appearance of Women on the Stage in 1660 Till 1700. The Players, 1930.
  • Van Lennep, W. The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume One, 1660–1700. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.
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