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John Philip Kemble
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John Philip Kemble was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His other siblings, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, also enjoyed success on the stage.
John Philip Kemble by Sir William Beechey, 1798
John Philip Kemble by Sir William Beechey, 1798
John Philip Kemble as Hamlet, from an engraving of a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1802)
John Philip Kemble as Hamlet, from an engraving of a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1802)
John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons, in "Macbeth", painted by Thomas Beach in 1786, now housed at the Garrick Club in London.
John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons, in "Macbeth", painted by Thomas Beach in 1786, now housed at the Garrick Club in London.
Kemble as Richard III, by William Hamilton, c. 1787
Kemble as Richard III, by William Hamilton, c. 1787
Sarah Siddons
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Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified".
1785 portrait by Thomas Gainsborough
1785 portrait by Thomas Gainsborough
Sarah Siddons as Euphrasia in Arthur Murphy's The Grecian Daughter, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1782
Sarah Siddons as Euphrasia in Arthur Murphy's The Grecian Daughter, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1782
Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth, by Robert Smirke, c. 1790–1810
Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth, by Robert Smirke, c. 1790–1810
Sarah Siddons by J. Dickinson
Sarah Siddons by J. Dickinson