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| | Charles Kemble (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | KEMBLE, Charles, actor, born in Breton, Wales, 27 November, 1775; died in London, England, 12 November, 1854. |
 | | At this time Bliss Kemble's attractive Shakespearian characters were Juliet, Portia, Constance, and Queen Katherine, supplemented by Bianca in "Fazio," Julia in "The Hunchback," Belvidere in "Venice Preserved," and Juliana in " The Honeymoon." In 1832 she came with her father to this country, and played for about two years in the principal cities. |
 | | Kemble's renderings of the masculine roles of Bear and Macbeth were particularly admired. |
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