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 (1692) Mrs Dazie in The Canterbury Guests by Edward Ravenscroft (1694) Jenny in Love for Love by William Congreve (1695) Doll in She Ventures and He Wins by Ariadne (1695) Sprightly in The Lover's Luck by Thomas Dilke (1695) Nurse in The City Bride by Joseph Harris (1696) Beatrice in The Anatomist by Edward Ravenscroft (1696) Fidget in The City Lady by Thomas Dilke (1696) Euginia in The Innocent Mistress by Mary Pix (1697) Las Busque in The Intrigues at Versailles by Thomas D'Urfey (1697) Nibs in The Pretenders by Thomas Dilke (1698) Zelide in The False Friend by Mary Pix (1699) Lady Weepwell in The Ladies Visiting Day by William Burnaby (1701) Laura in Love Betrayed by William Burnaby (1703) Mrs Scribblescrabble in The Biter by Nicholas Rowe (1704)