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Born November 25, 1775 • Brecon • Wales • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died November 12, 1854 (aged 78) • London • England
Notable Family Members father Roger Kemble

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Charles Kemble as Romeo, engraving by P. Thomson, c. 1819
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John Philip Kemble
John Philip Kemble
British actor
James William Wallack, detail from an engraving by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1807.
James William Wallack
American actor
Sir Squire Bancroft.
Sir Squire Bancroft
British actor and manager
Frank Benson, 1882.
Sir Frank Benson
British actor
John Rich
British theatrical manager and actor
Talma, lithograph by G. Engelmann
François-Joseph Talma
French actor and theatrical manager
André Antoine
André Antoine
French actor
Wallack, Lester
Lester Wallack
American actor
Eduard Devrient
German actor
Romolo Valli
Italian actor
Costache Caragiale
Romanian actor
William Hunter Kendal
British actor and manager
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
Sir Henry Irving, c. 1900.
Sir Henry Irving
British actor and theatrical manager
Sir William Davenant
English writer
Peter Hall
English theatrical manager and director
Charles Mathews, detail from a mezzotint by C. Turner, 1825, after an oil painting by James Lonsdale
Charles Mathews
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Christopher Beeston
English actor and theatrical manager
George Jolly
English actor and manager
Roger Kemble
British actor

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