Fanny Kemble
English actress and writer (1809–1893) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frances Anne Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing, and works about the theatre.
Fanny Kemble | |
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Born | Frances Anne Kemble (1809-11-27)November 27, 1809 |
Died | January 15, 1893(1893-01-15) (aged 83) London, England |
Occupation(s) | Actress, abolitionist and poet |
Years active | 1827 - c. 1882 |
Spouse |
Pierce Butler (m. 1834) |
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Kemble's "lasting historical importance...derives from the private journal she kept during her time in the Sea Islands" on her husband's plantations, where she wrote a journal documenting the conditions of the slaves on the plantation and her growing abolitionist feelings. She was also an early adopter of spoken word performances combined with music.[1]