Harriet Siddons
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Harriet Siddons, sometimes known as Mrs Henry Siddons, was a Scottish actress and theatre manager.
Harriet Siddons, portrait by John Wood
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh
29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
The grave of Henry and Harriet Siddons, Greyfriars Kirkyard
William Henry Murray
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William Henry Wood Murray, a Scottish actor, manager and theatre owner in Edinburgh, was a friend of Walter Scott and particularly associated with dramatisations of Scott's Waverley Novels.
Harriet Siddons
…parts to Edmund Kean, but she declined. When Henry Siddons died in 1815 the affairs of the Edinburgh Theatre were in a bad state, but, with her brother William Henry Murray, she continued to steer clear of all difficulties, and eventually was able to retire at the end of her 21 years' lease of the theatre. The turning point…
William Henry Murray