Wildairs' breechettes for Magpeg Woppington
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Margaret "Peg" Woffington: (1720 – 1760)a famous Dublin-born actress in Georgian London. Her many lovers included David Garrick the actor. She excelled in comic roles, including "breeches" roles,such as, famously, Sir Harry Wildair
- Sir Harry Wildair: an acclaimed rakish character in Anglo/Irish dramatist George Farquhar's comedy The Constant Couple (1700) and a seauel, Sir Harry Wildair (1701).
- breeches role: a role in which an actress appears in male clothing, or breeches, being tight-fitting knee-length pants, the standard male garment at the time breeches roles were introduced. This allowed actresses to show off their legs.
