For the sportswriter, see Margaret Hughes (sportswriter). For other people, see Margaret Hughes (disambiguation).
Margaret Hughes
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely, 1672
Born
(1630-05-29)29 May 1630
Died
1 October 1719(1719-10-01) (aged 89)
Eltham, Kent, England
Occupation
Actress
Partner
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Children
2
Margaret Hughes (29 May 1630 – 1 October 1719), also Peg Hughes or Margaret Hewes, was an English actress who is often credited as the first professional actress on the English stage, as a result of her appearance on 8 December 1660.[1] Hughes was the mistress of the English Civil War general Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
^The national qualification is essential. The earliest kabuki performers in Japan in 1603 were women. An Italian actress was reported as early as 1565–66; see Rennert, Spanish Stage, p. 140. Thomas Coryate, in Coryate's Crudities, noted actresses in Venice in 1611; see Halliday, Shakespeare Companion, p. 22. For amateur precedents, see: Tempe Restored;The Shepherd's Paradise.
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