{{Short description|Irish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Elizabeth Currer''' was an Irish stage actress of the Restoration Era.<ref>Howe p.184</ref> She was a member of the Duke's Company during the 1670s and subsequently part of the merged United Company from 1682. Although she was likely acting in London several years earlier than this, her first known role was in ''The Conquest of China'' in 1675. Due to the irregular spelling of the time her surname is sometimes written as '''Carrier''', '''Corer''' and '''Currier''' amongst other variants.<ref>Highfill, Burnim & Langhans p.98-99</ref>
==Selected roles== * Alcinda in ''The Conquest of China'' by Elkanah Settle (1675) * Betty Frisque in ''The Country Wit'' by John Crowne (1676) * Asteria in ''Ibrahim'' by Elkanah Settle (1676) * Clarinda in ''The Virtuoso'' by Thomas Shadwell (1676) * Mrs Hadland in ''The Counterfeit Bridegroom'' by Aphra Behn (1677) * Lady Fancy in ''Sir Patient Fancy'' by Aphra Behn (1678) * Madame Tricklove in ''Squire Oldsapp'' by Thomas Durfey (1678) * Marcella in ''The Feign'd Curtizans'' by Aphra Behn (1679) * Jenny Wheedle in ''The Virtuous Wife'' by Thomas Durfey (1679) * Queen in ''The Loyal General'' by Nahum Tate (1679) * Lady Eleanor Butler in ''The Misery of Civil War'' by John Crowne (1680) * Euginia in ''The London Cuckolds'' by Edward Ravenscroft (1681) * Isabella in ''The False Count'' by Aphra Behn (1681) * Acquilina in ''Venice Preserved'' by Thomas Otway (1682) * Lady Medler in ''Mr. Turbulent'' by Anonymous (1682) * Diana in ''The City Heiress'' by Aphra Behn (1682) * Mrs Featly in ''Dame Dobson'' by Edward Ravenscroft (1683) * Isabella in ''A Duke and No Duke'' by Nahum Tate (1684) * Widow Ranter in ''The Widow Ranter'' by Aphra Behn (1689)
== References == {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Highfill, Philip H, Burnim, Kalman A. & Langhans, Edward A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800: Corye to Dynion''. SIU Press, 1975. * Howe, Elizabeth. ''The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660-1700''. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Currer, Elizabeth}} Category:17th-century Irish people Category:English stage actresses Category:Irish stage actresses Category:17th-century English actresses Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Year of death unknown Category:Place of birth missing
{{England-stage-actor-stub}}