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Sarah Siddons (
5 July 1755 –
8 June 1831) was a
British actress, the best-known
tragedienne of the
18th century. She was the elder sister of
John Philip Kemble,
Charles Kemble,
Stephen Kemble,
Ann Hatton and
Elizabeth Whitlock. She was most famous for her portrayal of the
Shakespearean character :
Lady Macbeth, a character she made her own.
Biography
Youth
She was born
Sarah Kemble in
Brecon,
Brecknockshire,
Wales, the eldest daughter of
Roger Kemble, an actor-manager whose travelling company included most members of his family, and Sarah "Sally" Ward.
Acting was only just becoming a respectable profession for a woman and initially her parents disapproved of her choice of profession.
Career
In 1774, Siddons won her first success as
Belvidera in
Thomas Otway's
Venice Preserved. This brought her to the attention of
David Garrick, who sent his deputy to see her as Calista in
Thomas Rowe's
Fair Penitent, the result being that she was engaged to appear at Drury Lane. Owing to inexperience as well as other circumstances, her first appearances as
Portia and in other parts were not well received and she received a note from the manager of Drury Lane stating that her services wouldn't be required. She was, in her own words :
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