Theatrical scrapbook [manuscript], 1760-ca. 1821.

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Theatrical scrapbook [manuscript], 1760-ca. 1821.

Includes engravings of actors and actresses and also a pen-drawing from Kemble's sale, probably that of 26 Jan. 1821.

1 v. ill., ports.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7108622

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823

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John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) 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. He was manager of the Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres in London, where his reforms ...