Otway died miserably when only thirty-three, partly of starvation, partly of a broken heart at the unresponsiveness of Mrs.
Barry, the actress, whom he loved, but who preferred the Earl of Rochester.

His two best plays, although they are no longer acted, lived for many years, providing in Belvidera, in _Venice Preserv'd_ and Monimia, in _The Orphan_ (in which he "sung the female heart") congenial _roles_ for tragic actresses--Mrs.Barry, Mrs.Oldfield, Mrs.Cibber, Mrs.Siddons and Miss O'Neill.

Otway was buried in the churchyard of St.
Clement Danes, but a tablet to his fame is in Trotton church, which is of unusual plainness, not unlike an ecclesiastical barn.

Here also is the earliest known brass to a woman--Margaret de Camoys, who lived about 1300.
[Sidenote: HOTSPUR'S LADY] The transition is easy (at Trotton) from Otway to Shakespeare, from _Venice Preserv'd_ to _Henry IV._ HOTSPUR (to LADY PERCY).

Come, Kate, thou art perfect in lying down: come quick, quick; that I may lay my head in thy lap.
_Lady P._ Go, ye giddy goose.