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Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639)

Author of The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry: with The Lady Falkland: Her Life, by One of Her Daughters

Includes the names: Lady Elizabeth Cary, Lady Cary Elizabeth, Cary Elizabeth The Lady Falkland, Lady Elizabeth Cary, 1585 or 6-1639, Viscountess Falkland Elizabeth Tanfield Cary

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Elizabeth Cary, née Tanfield, was the author of the first original play in English known to have been written by a woman. In about 1600, she married Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland and had 11 children. She was a member of the literary circle led by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke.
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