A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Pope, Maria

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4121000A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Pope, Maria

POPE, MARIA,

An actress, was the daughter of Mr. Campion, a respectable merchant of Waterford. The family being left in reduced circumstances by Mr. Campion's death, Maria went on the stage, and soon, as a tragic actress, attained great eminence, especially by her personation of Juliet. In 1798, she married Mr. Pope, the Actor.