Starring Derek Jacobi and in 2007 starring Antony Sher)
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Edmund Kean
Edmund Kean was a British Shakespearean actor, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce.
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entertainment · English actor (1787–1833) · stage actor · actor · also Edmund Kean, Kean
Born 4 November 1787 · Died 15 May 1833 · Q704385
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1924· 1 entry
Director Alexandre Volkoff adapted the Dumas play into a French silent feature film starring Russian actor Ivan Mosjoukine, who was then living in Paris
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1833· 1 entry
Died 1833-05-15.
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1831· 1 entry
Continuing in that role until his death two years later
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1827· 1 entry
As a comeback role at Drury Lane, but the play was not a success
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1825· 1 entry
Was largely a repetition of the persecution which he had suffered in England
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1821· 1 entry
Appeared in Boston with Mary Ann Duff in The Distrest Mother by Ambrose Philips, an adaptation of Racine's Andromaque
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1817· 1 entry
A local playwright named Charles Bucke submitted his play The Italians, or; The Fatal Accusation to Drury Lane, for which Kean was to play the lead
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1814· 1 entry
The committee of Drury Lane Theatre, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, resolved to give him a chance among the "experiments" they were making to win a return of their popularity
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1808· 1 entry
Joined the provincial troupe of the actor Samuel Butler, going on to marry Mary Chambers of Waterford, a leading actress, on 17 July
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1807· 1 entry
Played leading parts in the Belfast theatre with Sarah Siddons, who began by calling him "a horrid little man
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1787· 1 entry
Born 1787-11-04.
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