# Elizabeth Bowman

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'''Elizabeth Bowman''' (c. 1677 – 1707) was an English stage actress of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century.<ref>Caines p.149</ref> The daughter of Sir Francis Watson, 1st Baronet she was adopted by the [actor manager](/source/actor_manager) [Thomas Betterton](/source/Thomas_Betterton). In 1692, she married [John Bowman](/source/John_Bowman_(actor)) and began acting at [Drury Lane](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Drury_Lane) the following year as '''Mrs Bowman'''. She was a member of the [United Company](/source/United_Company) until 1695 then joined Betterton's breakaway at the [Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre](/source/Lincoln's_Inn_Fields_Theatre).

==Selected roles==
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* Sylvia in ''[The Old Batchelor](/source/The_Old_Batchelor)'' by [William Congreve](/source/William_Congreve) (1693)
* Mrs Stockjobb in ''[The Richmond Heiress](/source/The_Richmond_Heiress)'' by [Thomas D'Urfey](/source/Thomas_D'Urfey) (1693)
* Cecilia in ''[The Married Beau](/source/The_Married_Beau)'' by [John Crowne](/source/John_Crowne) (1694)
* Mrs Foresight in ''[Love For Love](/source/Love_For_Love)'' by [William Congreve](/source/William_Congreve) (1695)
* Juliana in ''[She Ventures and He Wins](/source/She_Ventures_and_He_Wins)'' by [Ariadne](/source/Ariadne_(writer)) (1695)
* Mrs Plant in ''[The Lover's Luck](/source/The_Lover's_Luck)'' by [Thomas Dilke](/source/Thomas_Dilke) (1695)
* Lucinda in ''[The She-Gallants](/source/The_She-Gallants)'' by [George Granville](/source/George_Granville) (1695)
* Arabella ''[The City Bride](/source/The_City_Bride)'' by [Joseph Harris](/source/Joseph_Harris_(stage_actor)) (1696)
* Selima in ''[The Royal Mischief](/source/The_Royal_Mischief)'' by [Delarivier Manley](/source/Delarivier_Manley) (1696)
* Mrs Angelica in ''[The Anatomist](/source/The_Anatomist_(1696_play))'' by [Edward Ravenscroft](/source/Edward_Ravenscroft) (1696)
* Lucinda in ''[The City Lady](/source/The_City_Lady)'' by [Thomas Dilke](/source/Thomas_Dilke) (1696)
* Countess de Brissac in ''[The Intrigues at Versailles](/source/The_Intrigues_at_Versailles)'' by [Thomas D'Urfey](/source/Thomas_D'Urfey) (1697)
* Lady Fancyfull in ''[The Provoked Wife](/source/The_Provoked_Wife)'' by [John Vanbrugh](/source/John_Vanbrugh) (1697)
* Alouisia in ''[The Italian Husband](/source/The_Italian_Husband)'' by [Edward Ravenscroft](/source/Edward_Ravenscroft) (1697)
*Venutia in ''[Boadicea, Queen of Britain](/source/Boadicea%2C_Queen_of_Britain)'' by [Charles Hopkins](/source/Charles_Hopkins_(poet)) (1697)
* Ophelia in ''[The Pretenders](/source/The_Pretenders_(1698_play))'' by [Thomas Dilke](/source/Thomas_Dilke) (1698)
* Urania in ''[Rinaldo and Armida](/source/Rinaldo_and_Armida_(play))'' by [John Dennis](/source/John_Dennis_(dramatist)) (1698)
* Appamia in ''[The False Friend](/source/The_False_Friend%3B_or%2C_the_Fate_of_Disobedience)'' by [Mary Pix](/source/Mary_Pix) (1699)
* Mrs Clerimont in ''[The Beau Defeated](/source/The_Beau_Defeated)'' by [Mary Pix](/source/Mary_Pix) (1700)
* Mrs Fainall in ''[The Way of the World](/source/The_Way_of_the_World)'' by [William Congreve](/source/William_Congreve) (1700)
* Cleone in ''[The Ambitious Stepmother](/source/The_Ambitious_Stepmother)'' by [Nicholas Rowe](/source/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)) (1700)
* Nerissa in ''[The Jew of Venice](/source/The_Jew_of_Venice)'' by [George Granville](/source/George_Granville%2C_Lord_Lansdowne) (1701)
* Marina in ''[The Czar of Muscovy](/source/The_Czar_of_Muscovy)'' by [Mary Pix](/source/Mary_Pix) (1701)
* Berenice in ''[Antiochus the Great](/source/Antiochus_the_Great_(play))'' by [Jane Wiseman](/source/Jane_Wiseman) (1701)
* Lady Dolt in ''[The Ladies Visiting Day](/source/The_Ladies_Visiting_Day)'' by [William Burnaby](/source/William_Burnaby_(writer)) (1701)
*Candace in ''[Altemira](/source/Altemira)'' by [Roger Boyle](/source/Roger_Boyle%2C_Earl_of_Orrery) (1701)
*  Damon in ''[The Fickle Shepherdess](/source/The_Fickle_Shepherdess)'' by [Anonymous](/source/Anonymous_author) (1703)
* Lucinda in ''[The Governour of Cyprus](/source/The_Governour_of_Cyprus)'' by [John Oldmixon](/source/John_Oldmixon) (1703)
* Mrs Hartley in ''[As You Find It](/source/As_You_Find_It)'' by [Charles Boyle](/source/Charles_Boyle%2C_4th_Earl_of_Orrery) (1703)
*  Leonora in ''[The Mistake](/source/The_Mistake_(play))'' by [John Vanbrugh](/source/John_Vanbrugh) (1705)
* Diana in ''[The Temple of Love](/source/The_Temple_of_Love)'' by [Pierre Motteux](/source/Pierre_Motteux) (1706)
* Urganda in ''[The British Enchanters](/source/The_British_Enchanters)'' by [George Granville](/source/George_Granville%2C_Lord_Lansdowne) (1706)
* Emelia in ''[Adventures in Madrid](/source/Adventures_in_Madrid)'' by [Mary Pix](/source/Mary_Pix) (1706)
* Florinda in ''[The Rover](/source/The_Rover_(play))'' by [Aphra Behn](/source/Aphra_Behn) (1707)
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== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* Caines, Michael in ''The Plays and Poems of Nicholas Rowe, Volume I: The Early Plays''. Taylor & Francis, 2016.
* Lanier, Henry Wysham. ''The First English Actresses: From the Initial Appearance of Women on the Stage in 1660 Till 1700''. The Players, 1930.
* Van Lennep, W. ''The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume One, 1660–1700''. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960.

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