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Name
Faucit, Helena Saville
Birth date
1817
Death date
1898
Biography
The actress Helena Faucit would later become Lady Martin after marrying Sir Theodore Martin. She was the author of "On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters" completed in 1890. She had a hugely successful acting career, playing many classical and modern roles. Her most popular part was Pauline in Bulwer-Lytton's new play 'The Lady of Lyons'. Her greatest talent was in suggesting suppressed emotion and unspoken thought by facial expression, gesture and vocal tone.