Harriet Pye Esten or Harriet Pye Scott-Waring born Harriet Pye Bennett
(1760s? â€" 1865) was an English actress and briefly a theatre
manager.Esten was born in Tooting in or around the 1760s. She was the
daughter of housekeeper Anna Maria Bennett and her employer and lover
Admiral Sir Thomas Pye.In 1784 she married James Esten who was in the
navy. Esten was taught to act by her mother, who assisted her daughter
throughout her career. She initially appeared in Bath and Bristol
before moving on to appear at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.
Whilst she was there in 1789 she and her mother negotiated a formal
separation with James Esten. Her mother, who was a successful
novelist, paid off her husband's debts in exchange for his
agreement.The following year she made her first appearance on the
London stage at Covent Garden on 20 October. She appeared as Rosalind
in "As You Like It", a role she had portrayed successfully in York.
She appeared in London for a year at her own expense but after that
she was engaged at £11 a week for a further three years.
(1760s? â€" 1865) was an English actress and briefly a theatre
manager.Esten was born in Tooting in or around the 1760s. She was the
daughter of housekeeper Anna Maria Bennett and her employer and lover
Admiral Sir Thomas Pye.In 1784 she married James Esten who was in the
navy. Esten was taught to act by her mother, who assisted her daughter
throughout her career. She initially appeared in Bath and Bristol
before moving on to appear at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.
Whilst she was there in 1789 she and her mother negotiated a formal
separation with James Esten. Her mother, who was a successful
novelist, paid off her husband's debts in exchange for his
agreement.The following year she made her first appearance on the
London stage at Covent Garden on 20 October. She appeared as Rosalind
in "As You Like It", a role she had portrayed successfully in York.
She appeared in London for a year at her own expense but after that
she was engaged at £11 a week for a further three years.
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