Play: Measure for Measure; Notes about Isabella: In Isabella, or, the Fatal Marriage, by Thomas Southerne.; Notes about Frances Anne Kemble: Fanny Kemble was born in London to a prominent theatrical family. She was the daughter of actor Charles Kemble, and the niece of John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons, stars of the eighteenth-century stage. Kemble made her debut in 1829 at Covent Garden, playing Juliet to her father's Mercutio. The two began an American tour as Romeo and Juliet in 1832. Fanny Kemble stayed in this country, married Pierce Butler of Germantown in 1834, and retired from the stage. The couple went to live on his Georgia plantation. Kemble was revolted byy the institution of slavery and wrote a journal which she published during the Civil War. She eventually left her husband, who sued her for divorce in 1848. After the divorce was granted, Kemble gave public readings from Shakespeare which were very popular in America and England. A writer as well as an actress, she wrote poems, a novel, several plays, and further accounts of her life. Fanny Kemble was the grandmother of the Philadelphia novelist Owen Wister.; Notes about Robert Thew: 18th century engraver; collaborated with the Boydells on their illustrated Shakespeare edition; engraver to Prince of Wales.; Entd. According to Act of Congress AD, 1859 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the cks. office of the dt. ct. of the Southn. dt. of N. York.; Eng. by R. Thew.; Two copies. Copy 2 with call number P/Ke650.4 M Copy 2 is in the Print Collection 3, Cushman Club Gift.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Ke650.4 ML, Large Box
Collection:
Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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