Charlotte Butler

Charlotte Butler was an English stage actress and singer of the seventeenth century. She may have joined the Duke's Company in the 1670s, but her first definite recorded performance was in Aphra Behn's The Revenge (1680) The anonymous A Satyr on The Players (c. 1682) describes her, And Butler's wiles are now so common grown That by each feather's Cully they are known So that at least to save her tottering Frame At Musick Clubs she strives to get a name But money is the Siren's cheifest aim. At treats her Squeamish stomach cannot bear What Amorous Sparks provide with cost and Care But if she's hungry faith I must be blunt She'll for a dish of Cutlets shew her Cunt.

Selected roles

 * Marinda in The Revenge by Aphra Behn (1680)
 * Charlotte in The City-Heiress by Aphra Behn (1682)
 * Philidel in King Arthur by John Dryden (1682)
 * Mrs Cleremont in Dame Dobson by Edward Ravenscroft (1683)
 * Sophia in The Fortune Hunters by James Carlile (1689)
 * Charles in Bury Fair by Thomas Shadwell (1689)
 * Night in Amphitryon by John Dryden (1690)
 * Floriante in Sir Anthony Love by Thomas Southerne (1690)
 * Statilia in The Treacherous Brothers by George Powell (1690)
 * Astella in The Mistakes by Joseph Harris (1690)
 * Airy in The English Frier by John Crowne (1690)
 * Betty Jiltall in Love for Money by Thomas d'Urfey (1691)
 * La Pupsey in The Marriage-Hater Matched by Thomas d'Urfey (1692)