In November 1776 she made her debut at Drury Lane[REF][REF][REF] as Lady Macbeth and the following February, reprised her role as Roxanne in "The Rival Queens", alongside Mary Robinson [REF].
In July 1789 Charlotte announced her retirement from the theatre in order to open a school teaching filigree work to ladies,[REF] but the school was not a success and in 1793 Charlotte emigrated to America to resume her interrupted stage career [REF].