EG
's father, actor-manager Thomas Griffith
, died in Dublin at the age of sixty-three, while Elizabeth was still in her teens.
Griffith, Elizabeth. “Introduction”. The Delicate Distress, edited by Cynthia Booth Ricciardi and Susan Staves, University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. vii - xviii.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Griffith
Her father, Thomas Griffith
, was an actor, and manager of Smock Alley Theatre
(the Theatre Royal) in Dublin. He became Master of the Revels in Ireland in 1729 and opened a new Dublin theatre...