.)
Dorothy Jordan (1762-1816) first appeared as "Phoebe" in
As You Like It
at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, in 1777. After acting in provincial theatres, she made her
début
on the London stage at Drury Lane (October 18, 1785) as "Peggy" in Garrick's
Country Girl
, an expurgated version of Wycherley's