Christiana Horton facts for kids
Christiana Horton (born around 1696 – died around 1756) was a well-known English actress. She became famous for her amazing acting skills in London during the 1700s.
Christiana started her acting career in London in 1714. Her first big role was as Melinda in a play called The Recruiting Officer. She performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which was a very famous theater at the time. She stayed there for twenty years! After that, she moved to another important theater, the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, where she acted for another fifteen years.
During her long career, Christiana Horton played many different kinds of characters. She was great at both sad, serious roles (tragedy) and funny roles (comedy). A famous actor named Barton Booth, who first noticed her talent, even said she was the best actress to follow in the footsteps of another great actress, Anne Oldfield. Christiana Horton was also the very first actress to play the character Mariana in Fielding's play The Miser, which came out in 1733.
Famous Roles Christiana Horton Played
Christiana Horton performed in many popular plays. Here are some of the important characters she brought to life on stage:
- Melinda in The Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar (1714)
- Emmelin in Lucius by Delarivier Manley (1717)
- Caelia in The Masquerade by Charles Johnson (1719)
- Isabella in The Revenge by Edward Young (1721)
- Olivia in The Artifice by Susanna Centlivre (1722)
- Clary in The Rival Modes by James Moore Smythe (1727)
- Ethra in Medea by Charles Johnson (1730)
- Mariana in The Miser by Henry Fielding (1733)
- Eucharis in Timon in Love by John Kelly (1733)
- Harriet in The Double Deceit by William Popple (1735)
- Lady Bellair in The Rival Widows by Elizabeth Cooper (1735)
- Lady Fragile in The Trial of Conjugal Love by Hildebrand Jacob (1738)
