Kemble
Kemble names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Kemble FRANCES ANNE, popиlarly known as FANNY KEMBLE
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANCES ANNE, popиlarly known as FANNY KEMBLE, an Anglo-American writer and actress; eldest daughter of Charles Kemble, and niece of Mrs. Siddons; born in London, England, Nov. 27, 1809. Her father bewas ing in financial difficulties she inon the stage in 1829 duced to appear at Covent Garden as Juliet, and her success was so great that in the course of three years she managed to relieve the fallen fortunes of the family. Her trip to America in company with her father was also a splendid triumph; while there she contracted an unfortunate marriage (1834) which was annulled by divorce 15 years afterward. She lived for many years in Lenox (Mass.). She wrote: "Francis I."; "Journal of a Residence in the United States"; "Journal of a Residence on a States"; Georgia Plantation"; "Records of a Girlhood"; "Records of Later Life." As an actress she excelled in the characters of Portia, Beatrice, Lady Macbeth, Lady Teazle, and of Julia in the "Hunchback." She died in London, England, Jan. 16, 1893.
Kemble CHARLES, an English actor
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHARLES, an English actor; brother of John Philip Kemble; born in Brecknock, Wales, Nov. 25, 1775. He was educated at Douay (France). In 1794 he made his first appearance at Drury Lane. His success was largely due to his representations of such characters as Edgar, Romeo, Charles Surface, Antony, etc. He was appointed censor of plays in 1840, when he retired from the stage. He had married the favorite actress Miss de Camp in 1806. He was the father of John Mitchell Kemble, Frances Anne Kemble. and Adelaide Kemble. He died in London, Nov. 12, 1854.
Kemble JOHN PHILIP, an Eng lish tragedian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JOHN PHILIP, an Eng lish tragedian; born in Prescot, near Liverpool, England, Feb. 1, 1757. He was eldest son Roger Kemble, manager of a provincial theatrical company. Being intended for the Church he was to the Roman Catholic college of Douay (France). In spite of his paropposition he selected the stage as a professon, made his first appearance at Drury Lane in 1783, and became at once popular. He was afterward man-
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 ranked Fanny Kemble first as an actress, praising her Portia and Lady Macbeth, and passed over her "unfortunate marriage" of 1834 without naming the husband. That husband was Pierce Butler, heir to Georgia rice and cotton plantations worked by hundreds of enslaved people; the winter she spent there produced the "Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation," published in 1863 partly to turn British opinion against the Confederacy. It is that book, not her stage roles, that keeps her in print and on university reading lists today, and Butler is now remembered chiefly for the 1859 Savannah auction at which he sold hundreds of the people she had described. Her father Charles and uncle John Philip have faded to names in theatre history, while her brother John Mitchell Kemble, unmentioned here except as Charles's son, survives as the scholar who produced an early edition of "Beowulf."
Written for this edition, 2026.