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failed and he decided there would be financial benefit to him if her name were changed to "Betterton", claiming links to a famous actor and long dead Thomas
Betterton. With this deception he and his family travelled round the theatres and the young Julia was acclaimed as an infant acting prodigy in York, the West Country, Bath and elsewhere. At age 9 she made her debut in Scotland at the Dumfries Theatre Royal in 1790, and at age 16 she made her debut on the London stage in 1797.
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Birmingham. "Betterton" was not her real name, despite her father`s promotion of the fiction. She was born Julianna Butterton in Newry, Ireland, the daughter of the town`s theatre manager William Butterton. His venture
185:. She was noticeably ill and weak during her performance and was unable to stand to receive her applause at the end of the play. Instead, the curtain rose to reveal Glover seated, surrounded by the rest of the cast. She died days later on 16 July 1850.
146:. Glover subsequently favoured comic roles. In 1800, her father sold her in marriage to Samuel Glover for £1, 000, although the money was never paid. Unhappily married, she had eight children, four of whom survived childhood. In 1820, she played
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