Lyceum Theatre, London
Her early success gained her an engagement with Madame Vestris at the Lyceum Theatre, London, which lasted from 1849 to 1855. In 1855 she went to Drury Lane, where she soon played Matilda in "Married for Money", and, in 1856, Celia in "As You Like It". In the same year, her performance of Helen in the "Hunchback" won such praise from the critics that J. B. Buckstone offered her an engagement at the Haymarket Theatre. There she was seen in Francis Talfourd's burlesque of "Atalanta" in 1857.