MDMD (6)--Ch. 18 Notes - Woffington

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

I wrote:
> Woffington, Margaret (1714-1760) `Peg Woffington', actress.
> Garrick, David (1717-1779), actor.

[snip]

> Since Peg Woffington was 2 years dead [at the time of the Cock Lane 
> "Ghost" in 1762] maybe Mason sees (or imagines he sees) an echo of
> himself and Rebekah.  (Were Garrick and Woffington ever romantically
> linked?)

Well nobody took the bait so I looked it up myself.  Garrick and
Woffington were amorously linked and lived together from 1742-45.
Apparently Woffington never married and the "Mrs." was more along the
lines of an honorary title (was this a common practice?).  She sounds like
a very interesting character and was apparently a great actor herself.
 
Although Garrick married in 1749 and remained so until his death there
seems some evidence that he retained an attachment to Woffington (e.g., he
wore the shoe buckles she gave him until his death). This would appear to
support my interpretation above.

	Steve Maas