Stephen Kemble

George Stephen Kemble (born 21 April or May 3, 1758 in Kington, Herefordshire, † June 5, 1822 in Durham ) was a British actor.

Life

Stephen Kemble was a son of actor couple Sarah Kemble, born Ward, and Roger Kemble. Known siblings Stephen Kemble were Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) and Charles Kemble ( 1775-1854 ).

Stephen Kemble was born immediately after a performance of his mother as Anne Boleyn in the play Henry VIII. Kemble initially studied chemistry and was trained by the physician Dr. Gibbs in Coventry, this training was, however, after two years and joined a troupe of actors to. In September 1783, he first appeared at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, where he played Othello. In November of the same year he married actress Elizabeth Satchell, with whom he had two children.

These two children of the couple Kemble, Frances and Henry Stephen, beat the acting career. The daughter appeared for the first time at the age of five years. After she married in 1805 Robert Arkwright, but she gave on her stage career. The son had his first stage role at the age of four years, but was later very successful, was an alcoholic and died at the age of 46 years. More success was Stephen Kemble's nephew Henry Siddons granted, the oldest son of his sister Sarah Kemble Siddons, which he recorded in his troupe in 1792. Henry Siddons, who had been standing on the stage as a child, had his first role under his uncle in Sheffield.

In the year after his marriage to Elizabeth Satchell joined Stephen Kemble of Covent Garden in the Haymarket Theatre. Among his most famous roles of Falstaff belonged. 1822 was to be read in the Edinburgh literary journal, Kemble had perhaps been the best Falstaff, who have ever been on a British stage.

Stephen Kemble, who was not only very large, but also overweight, put the Acting but eventually in favor of working as a theater manager in Newcastle, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Glasgow and other cities back. He was from 1791 to 1806 manager of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle. The Theatre Royal in Edinburgh, he managed until 1792, then he lost his job there. Nevertheless, he had continued to perform pieces. His rival Mrs. Estonians took legal action against him, but could not prevail against Kemble.

1792 brought Stephen Kemble at the Haymarket Theatre his play The Northern Inn on the stage. In 1809 he published the book Odes in Edinburgh, Lyrical Ballads and Poems. The play Flodden Field, which was based on Walter Scott's Marmion was first seen in 1819 in Drury Lane, where Kemble was 1818 and 1819 managers over the years. He was there to play his son. However, this led to financial problems of the theater.

Stephen Kemble was in Durham, where he lived in later years, very popular. New friends he was there especially with the Poland Józef Boruwłaski. He died after a serious illness.