Dame Madge Kendal was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies. Together with her husband, W. H. Kendal , she became an important theatre manager.
Kendal by Valentine Cameron Prinsep, in the role of Lady Giovanna in Tennyson's The Falcon, 1879
The Kendals as Philamir and Zeolide in W. S. Gilbert's The Palace of Truth (1870)
Herbert Tree's 1902 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor with Tree as Falstaff, Ellen Terry (l.) as Mistress Page and Kendal as Mistress Ford
William Hunter Kendal was an English actor and theatre manager. He and his wife Madge starred at the Haymarket in Shakespearian revivals and the old English comedies beginning in the 1860s. In the 1870s, they starred in a series of "fairy comedies" by W. S. Gilbert and in many plays on the West End with the Bancrofts and others. In the 1880s, they starred at and jointly managed the St. James's Theatre. They then enjoyed a long touring career.
William H. Kendal, c. 1900
The Kendals as Philamir and Zeolide in W. S. Gilbert's The Palace of Truth (1870)
Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1893