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Kemmel (MOUNT ager of this theater)

MOUNT ager of this theater in 1788-1802. From 1801 to 1803 he made a most successful tour of France and Spain, and on his return to London purchased a share in the Covent Garden Theater, and made himself a splendid reputation in the characters of Julius Cæsar, Hamlet, Macbeth, Coriolanus, etc. He abandoned the stage in 1817. His statue was placed in Westminster Abbey in 1833. His sister, Sarah, was the celebrated Mrs. Siddons. He died in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 26, 1823.