Popular culture Peg Woffington







in 1852 charles reade , tom taylor wrote play masks , faces featured woffington central character. following play s success, reade wrote novel peg woffington following year.


woffington featured in several films, particularly in silent era. these portrayals largely based on works of reade , taylor , include peg woffington (1910), peg woffington (1912) , masks , faces (1917). in 1935 anna neagle played woffington in comedy peg of old drury cedric hardwicke playing david garrick. character appeared in 2015 play mr foote s other leg friend , colleague of samuel foote.







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