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Siddons, Sarah
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
or The greatest tragic actress of England, born at Brecon, the daughter and eldest child of Roger Kemble, manager of an itinerant theatrical company; became early a member of her father's company, and at 19 married an actor named Siddons who belonged to it; her first appearance in Drury Lane as Portia in 1755 was a failure; by 1782 her fame was established, after which she joined her brother, John Kemble, at Covent Garden, and continued to act there till her retirement in 1812; she was distinguished in many parts, and above all Lady Macbeth, in which character she took farewell of the stage; she appeared once again in London after this in 1815, for the benefit of her brother Charles, and again a few nights in Edinburgh in aid of a widowed daughter-in-law (1755-1831).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Siddons, Sarah'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/siddons-sarah.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
