Siblings Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) and John Philip Kemble
(1757–1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th
and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and
meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare’s characters and
their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of
Shakespeare’s major roles that live on in our theatrical and
cultural memory. This book examines the actors’ long careers on
the London stage, from Siddons’s debut in 1782 to Kemble’s
retirement in 1817, encompassing Kemble’s time as theatre
manager, when he sought to foreground their strengths as
Shakespearean performers in his productions. Over the course of
more than thirty years, Siddons and Kemble appeared opposite one
another in many Shakespeare plays, including King John, Henry VIII,
Coriolanus and Macbeth. The actors had to negotiate two major
Shakespeare scandals: the staging of Vortigern – a fake
Shakespearean play – in 1796 and the Old Price Riots of 1809,
during which the audience challenged Siddons’s and Kemble’s
perceived attempts to control Shakespeare. Fiona Ritchie examines
the siblings’ careers, focusing on their collaborations, as well
as placing Siddons’s and Kemble’s Shakespeare performances in
the context of contemporary 18th- and 19th-century drama. The
volume not only offers a detailed consideration of London theatre,
but also explores the importance of provincial performance to the
actors, notably in the case of Hamlet – a role in which both
appeared across Britain and in Ireland.
General
| Imprint: |
The Arden Shakespeare
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Shakespeare in the Theatre |
| Release date: |
June 2024 |
| Authors: |
Fiona Ritchie
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-35242-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-350-35242-X |
| Barcode: |
9781350352421 |
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