Fanny Kemble
Frances Anne Kemble (born November 27, 1809 in London , † January 15, 1893 ) was a British actress , writer and abolitionist .
Life
Frances Anne Kemble, daughter of Charles Kemble and Marie Thérèse de Camp (1774-1838) and sister of John Mitchell , was trained by her father for the stage, made her debut in 1829 as Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with acclaim and attended 1832 with her Parents America, where she married Pierce Mease Butler (1810–1867) from Philadelphia in 1834.
She later separated from her husband, Mr. Butler, in order to re-enter the stage in England and America, and in 1856 settled at Lenox in Massachusetts, from where she visited Europe twice more.
Since 1873 she had her residence near Philadelphia, most recently she lived in London. She published u. a .:
- Francis the First, a drama (London 1832; New York 1833)
- Journal of a residence in the United States (London 1834),
- The Star of Seville, a drama (London / New York 1837),
- Poems (London / Philadelphia 1844; Boston 1859)
- A year of consolation, a book of Italian travel (London 1847),
- Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839 (London 1863)
- Poems (London, 1865 and 1883),
- Plays (London 1864), which includes a translation of Schiller's Maria Stuart ,
- Notes upon some of Shakespeare's plays (1882).
- Far Away and Long Ago (1889)
Her memoirs appeared under the titles: Records of a girlhood (New York 1879) and Records of a later life (New York. 1882). - Her younger sister, Adelaide (1815–1879), trained as an opera singer, made art trips on the continent, celebrated triumphs in the leading roles of the great operas in London since 1841, but withdrew from the stage after her marriage to Friedrich Sartoris . She wrote u. a .: A week in a French country-house (London 1867) and Medusa, and other tales (1868).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fredrika Bremer: The home in the new world, first volume, page 280, 1854
- ↑ Kemble, Fanny. Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839. New York: Harper & Bros., 1863 facsimile
- ↑ Kemble, Fanny. Record of a girlhood. London: R. Bentley and Son, 1878 facsimile
- ↑ Kemble, Fanny. Records of later life. New York: H. Holt and Co., 1882 facsimile
Web links
- Fanny Kemble. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- The estate of Frances Anne Kemble 1824-1892 in the Huntington Library
- Fanny Kemble Women Working, 1800–1930 in the Harvard University Library collection
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kemble, Fanny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kemble, Frances Anne; Butler, Fanny (married name); Butler, Frances A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English actress and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1893 |
| Place of death | London |