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John Philip Kemble as Rolla NPG D38670

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Charles Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Benjamin Holl

Actor, theatre manager and playwright, John Philip Kemble was the oldest son of Roger Kemble, who managed a touring theatre company. He followed his sister Sarah Siddons to Drury Lane, where he first appeared as Hamlet in 1783. He played a wide range of characters and excelled in Shakespearian tragedy, often appearing opposite Siddons. Between 1788 and 1796 he was also actor-manager at Drury Lane under Richard Brinsley Sheridan until he and Siddons defected to Covent Garden Theatre where he became manager and... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.