Abigail Lawson
Abigail Lawson was an English stage actor of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. She was a member of the United Company, making her first known appearance in The Marriage-Hater Matched by Thomas D'Urfey in 1692. From 1695 she was part of Thomas Betterton's breakaway company at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.
Selected roles
- Margery in The Marriage-Hater Matched by Thomas D'Urfey
- Mrs Dazie in The Canterbury Guests by Edward Ravenscroft
- Jenny in Love for Love by William Congreve
- Doll in She Ventures and He Wins by Ariadne
- Sprightly in The Lover's Luck by Thomas Dilke
- Nurse in The City Bride by Joseph Harris
- Beatrice in The Anatomist by Edward Ravenscroft
- Fidget in The City Lady by Thomas Dilke
- Euginia in The Innocent Mistress by Mary Pix
- Las Busque in The Intrigues at Versailles by Thomas D'Urfey
- Nibs in The Pretenders by Thomas Dilke
- Zelide in The False Friend by Mary Pix
- Lady Weepwell in The Ladies Visiting Day by William Burnaby
- Laura in Love Betrayed by William Burnaby
- Mrs Scribblescrabble in The Biter by Nicholas Rowe