Frances Abington as Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing."

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Frances Abington as Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing." Abington played Beatrice for the first time in 1775 opposite David Garrick at Drury Lane to "very great applause." Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1776. Drawn by James Roberts.

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