Editing Elizabeth Barry (section)

==Later career==
Later into Barry’s career, she was given more roles of a motherhood figure than a sexual object. Barry worked for the [[Duke's Company]] from 1675 to 1682, taking the role of Cordelia opposite [[Thomas Betterton]]'s Lear in [[Nahum Tate]]'s 1681 [[The History of King Lear|adaptation of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'']]. After the Duke's and the King's companies were amalgamated in 1682, she continued as one of the star performers of the new [[United Company]], which remained for 12 years the only theatrical company in London. The absence of rival companies left the actors in a weak bargaining position in relation to management.

One year after her performance in ''The Fatal Marriage'', Barry decided to leave the United Company due to a salary dispute in 1695. She then proceeded to work for a new company with actor [[Thomas Betterton]] and actress [[Anne Bracegirdle]]. Barry was one of the original patent-holders of the actors' company, which opened at Lincoln's Inn Fields with the smash hit of [[William Congreve (playwright)|William Congreve's]] ''Love For Love'' in 1695 and continued to successfully challenge Rich's United Company.There was a huge wage gap between men and woman performers as Betterton was paid £4 and 20s per week and Barry received only £2 and 10s shillings.

Barry officially retired from the stage in 1710 at 52 years old; her acting career lasted a total of 35 years. Her retirement fell short as she died three years later at the age of 55 due to a fever.