Charles Kemble

Charles Kemble ( born November 27, 1775 in Brecon (Wales ) † November 12, 1854 in London ) was an English actor.

Charles Kemble, brother of John Philip Kemble, received his education in how this Catholic college to Douai and was hired in 1792 to London at the royal post, but was still in the same year in Sheffield on the stage.

Since 1794, at Drury Lane, hired in 1797 at the Haymarket Theatre in London, he now developed his talent with surprising rapidity. In 1802 he toured the continent, took over after his return, with his brother, the manager of the Covent Garden Theatre, which he led from 1817 alone. He toured again in 1826 Germany and France and opened on his return to the stage with Carl Maria von Weber's Oberon, as he did to the care of German music in London earned merit.

After he and his family have visited in 1832 the United States of America, in 1842 he took the stage farewell and died, appointed Theaterzensor November 12th 1854 in London. Sister of the two Kemble was the famous actress Sarah Siddons.

His daughter, Frances Anne was also an actress. His wife Marie Therese, née de Camp, born 1774 in Vienna, already entered in the earliest youth in Noverre's ballets and then worked as a dancer in Drury Lane, Covent Garden and the Haymarket Theatre with great applause, while it was less important as an actress. She died on September 3, 1838 She has two wonderful comedies. Fault The first (1799 ) and The day after the wedding (1808 ), written.

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• Theater actors
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• English
• Born in 1775
• Died in 1854
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