Isabella Mattocks (1746 â€" June 25, 1826) was a British actress and
singer.Hallam (later Mattocks) was baptised in Whitechapel in 1746 by
Lewis and Sarah Hallam Douglass. Her father and her uncle William were
also actors. Her grandfather Thomas Hallam had been part of the Drury
Lane company when he was killed in a dispute with fellow actor Charles
Macklin during a performance. When her father and William decided to
try acting in America they took three of Isabella's siblings, but she
was left in the care of her aunt, Ann, and her husband John Barrington
in England.In 1762 she made her debut in the adult role of Juliet. For
most of her childhood except for a few years at school she played
small parts in the productions of the Covent Garden company of actors.
When she was sixteen she joined the company and in 1765 she married
her leading man George Mattocks. Hallam's guardians who she said
treated her like true parents opposed the match for reasons that are
not certain.
singer.Hallam (later Mattocks) was baptised in Whitechapel in 1746 by
Lewis and Sarah Hallam Douglass. Her father and her uncle William were
also actors. Her grandfather Thomas Hallam had been part of the Drury
Lane company when he was killed in a dispute with fellow actor Charles
Macklin during a performance. When her father and William decided to
try acting in America they took three of Isabella's siblings, but she
was left in the care of her aunt, Ann, and her husband John Barrington
in England.In 1762 she made her debut in the adult role of Juliet. For
most of her childhood except for a few years at school she played
small parts in the productions of the Covent Garden company of actors.
When she was sixteen she joined the company and in 1765 she married
her leading man George Mattocks. Hallam's guardians who she said
treated her like true parents opposed the match for reasons that are
not certain.
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