Jane Lessingham
Jane Lessingham née Hemet (1738 or 1739 –- 13 March 1783) (married name Jane Stott) was a stage actress from 1756 to 1782. Lessingham predominately performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, where she was known for both her beauty and her skill as a comedy actress.
Lessingham first came to the stage during 1756, when she played Desdemona in a production of "Othello" at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. It was not until March, 1762 that she began to use the stage name ‘Lessingham’, when she took the part of Silvia in George Farquhar's play "The Recruiting Officer." During 1768, Lessingham was involved in a public controversy between theatre managers Thomas Harris and George Colman. Colman, and other contemporary sources, cited Lessingham's ambitions as one of the major sources of the conflict.

On 13 March 1783 Lessingham died. She was buried in Hampstead Churchyard and left her estate in trust to Harris for the care of their four sons.
Q55018
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
LOC
Q26833
Othello
Concept
Q517634
George Farquhar
PER
Q7759830
The Recruiting Officer
ORG
Q16857678
Thomas Harris
PER
Q513170
George Colman
PER
Q18529950
Jane Lessingham
PER
1739-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1739
DATE
1783-03-13T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
13 March 1783
DATE
1756-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1756
DATE
1782-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1782
DATE
1756-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1756
DATE
1762-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1762
DATE
1768-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1768
DATE
1783-03-13T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
13 March 1783
DATE
+1738^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1738
NUMBER
notable work
author