management of Sadler's Wells, and took on that of the Marylebone Theatre, which opened on 30 September 1847 with The Winter's Tale. She took on parts such as Julia in The Hunchback (Knowles), Lady Teazle, and Lady Townley in The Provoked Husband (John Vanburgh and Colley Cibber) for which her years began to disqualify her. She revived in November The Scornful Lady, adapted by Serle, playing in it the Lady; and in April 1848 The Double Marriage, again in Serle's adaptation. Emigration Retiring with a financial loss, Warner supported Macready at the Haymarket during his farewell performances. On 28 July 1851 Sadler's Wells was opened for a few nights before the beginning of the regular season, to give her an opportunity of playing her best known characters before starting for America. What proved to be her last appearance in England was made in August as Mrs. Oakley in The Jealous Wife. She met with great success in America. Signs of cancer showing themselves, Warner came to England, underwent an operation, and revisited New York. Unable to fulfil her engagements, she returned to London an invalid. Last years On 10 December 1853, in part through her husband's fault, Warner went through the insolvency court. A fund, to which the Queen and Angela Burdett-Coutts contributed, was raised, and a benefit was run at Sadler's Wells. Charge of her children, a boy and a girl, was taken respectively by Macready and Burdett-Coutts. After enduring a prolonged agony, Warner died on 24 September 1854 at 16 Euston Place, Euston Square and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery in a grave (no.6111) which no longer has a readable inscription. In public esteem as an actress she was surpassed in her time only by Helen Faucit and Mrs. Charles Kean. Family Around 1837 Mary Huddart married Robert William Warner, the landlord of the Wrekin Tavern, Broad Court, Bow Street, frequented by actors and literary men. Notes Attribution Further reading 1804 births 1854 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English stage actresses English theatre managers and producers Women theatre managers and producers Actresses from Manchester 19th-century English actresses English Shakespearean actresses Actor-managers 19th-century English businesspeople