Hannah Pritchard (1711-1768) was an English actress. Born Hannah Vaughan and married to an actor William Pritchard at a young age, she first attracted attention as a singer at Bartholomew Fair in 1733. She was soon playing a wide variety of parts, mostly comedy, at the Haymarket, Drury Lane and Covent Garden. When David Garrick became patentee of Drury Lane in 1747 she joined his company and played with him for twenty years, … Wikipedia
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