The History of King Lear
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's "King Lear". It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's version, and is believed to have replaced Shakespeare's version on the English stage in whole or in part until 1838.
Mary Slingsby
In "Henry VI, Part I, with the Murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester", adapted by John Crowne from Shakespeare, and acted in 1681, the part of Queen Margaret was assigned to Lady Slingsby. In "Henry VI, Part II, or the Misery of Civil War", from the same source, the same character went to Mrs. Lee. As the second part was written first, and probably produced first, Mrs. Lee's marriage may have been in 1681. In Nahum Tate's adaptation of "King Lear" Lady Slingsby was Regan, in Nat Lee's "Lucius Junius Brutus, the Father of his Country", Sempronia, and Marguerite in Lee's "Princess of Cleve".