Elizabeth Yates (actress)
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| Born |
Elizabeth Brunton 21 January 1799 Norwich |
| Died | 30 August 1860 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Frederick Henry Yates |
Elizabeth Yates (née Brunton) (1799–1860) was an English actress. She appeared on the stage under the names Miss Brunton, Elizabeth Brunton, Elizabeth Yates, Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Yates late Miss Brunton.
Elizabeth Brunton was born at Norwich on 21 January 1799 to a theatrical family. Her grandfather, John Brunton, acted at Covent Garden in 1774; her father, also John Brunton, went on the stage in 1795, and later appeared at Covent Garden in 1800 as Frederick in Louisa's Vows. Additionally, Brunton managed theatres, including those in Brighton, Birmingham, and Lynn. Elizabeth's aunt, Anne Brunton, appeared at Bath in 1785 as Euphrasia in Grecian Daughter, as the original Amanthis in Child of Nature at Covent Garden and a complete round of parts in comedy and tragedy. Brunton was also niece of Louisa Brunton (Louisa, Countess of Craven).
Brunton married Frederick Henry Yates, a fellow actor with whom she worked at Drury Lane, in November 1823.
Elizabeth Brunton made her theatrical debut in 1815, in her father's theatre at Lynn, playing Desdemona opposite Charles Kemble as Othello. Her father thought her talents more suited to comedy, and she therefore next played Letitia Hardy in the Belle's Stratagem, opposite Robert William Elliston as Doricourt. Elliston hired Brunton for his theatre at Birmingham; she also played in Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Leicester.
Brunton made her London debut at Covent Garden in 1817 in the role of Letitia Hardy; she also played Rosalind in As You Like It. The Theatrical Inquisitor gave some praise to her Letitia, but pronounced her Rosalind a failure. Her first season included roles as Violante in the Wonder, Miss Hardcastle in She stoops to conquer, Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing (a role in which she was praised), Viola in Twelfth Night, Imogen, Cora in Pizarro, Lady Elizabeth Freelove in the Day after the Wedding, and Myrtillo in the Broken Sword. She played the original Rosalia in Frederick Reynolds's Duke of Savoy.
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