Susanna Centlivre

Susanna Centlivre
A mezzotint of Susanna Centlivre by Peter Pelham (1720), based on a painting by D. Fermin
Born
Susanna Freeman

c. 1669
Died1 December 1723(1723-12-01) (aged 53–54)
Spring Gardens, London, England
Resting placeSt. Paul's, Covent Garden, London
Occupations
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • actress

Susanna Centlivre (/sɛntˈlɪvər/ sent-LIV-ər or /sɛntˈliːvər/ sent-LEE-vər; born Susanna Freeman; baptised 1669 – 1 December 1723), also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century". Centlivre's "pieces continued to be acted after the theatre managers had forgotten most of her contemporaries." During a long career at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she became known as the second woman of the English stage, after Aphra Behn.

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