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She was born in London on October 11, 1817. Helena Faucit was the daughter of John Saville Faucit, an actor.
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She was born in London on October 11, 1817. Helena Faucit was the daughter of John Saville Faucit, an actor.
Her first London appearance was made on the 5th of January 1836 at Covent Carden as Julia in The Hunchback.
Her success in this was so definitely confirmed by her subsequent acting of Juliet, Lady Teazle, Beatrice, Imogen and Hermione, that within eighteen months she was engaged by Macready as leading lady at Covent Garden.
There, besides appearing in several Shakespearian characters, she created the heroine's part in Lytton's Duchess de la Vallibre (1836), Lady of Lyons (1838), Richelieu (1839), The Sea Captain (1839), Money (1840), and Browning's Strafford (1837).
After a visit to Paris and a short season at the Haymarket, she joined the Drury Lane company under Macready early in 1842.
There she played Lady Macbeth, Constance in King John, Desdemona and Imogen, and took part in the first production of Westland Marston's Patrician's Daughter (1842) and Browning's Blot on the Scutcheon (1843).
Among her successful, tours was included a visit to Paris in 1844- 1845, where she acted with Macready in several Shakespearian plays.
One of her last appearances was afs Beatrice, on the opening of the Shakespeare Memorial at Stratford-on-Avon on the 23rd of April 1879.
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In 1851 she was married to Sir Theodore Martin.
