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<p> The greatest tragic actress of England, born at Brecon, the daughter and eldest child of [[Roger]] Kemble, manager of an itinerant theatrical company; became early a member of her father's company, and at 19 married an actor named Siddons who belonged to it; her first appearance in Drury Lane as [[Portia]] in 1755 was a failure; by 1782 her fame was established, after which she joined her brother, John Kemble, at Covent Garden, and continued to act there till her retirement in 1812; she was distinguished in many parts, and above all Lady Macbeth, in which character she took farewell of the stage; she appeared once again in London after this in 1815, for the benefit of her brother Charles, and again a few nights in [[Edinburgh]] in aid of a widowed daughter-in-law (1755-1831). </p> | Sarah Siddons <ref name="term_79949" /> | ||
==References == | <p> The greatest tragic actress of England, born at Brecon, the daughter and eldest child of [[Roger]] Kemble, manager of an itinerant theatrical company; became early a member of her father's company, and at 19 married an actor named Siddons who belonged to it; her first appearance in Drury [[Lane]] as [[Portia]] in 1755 was a failure; by 1782 her fame was established, after which she joined her brother, John Kemble, at Covent Garden, and continued to act there till her retirement in 1812; she was distinguished in many parts, and above all Lady Macbeth, in which character she took farewell of the stage; she appeared once again in London after this in 1815, for the benefit of her brother Charles, and again a few nights in [[Edinburgh]] in aid of a widowed daughter-in-law (1755-1831). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79949"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/siddons,+sarah Sarah Siddons from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79949"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/siddons,+sarah Sarah Siddons from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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