The Shakespeare Revue

Actor Profiles

Derek Jacobi
Dwayne Lawler
Edmund Kean
Hiroyuki Sanada
Ira Aldridge
John Gielgud
John Philip Kemble
Kenneth Branagh
Laurence Olivier
Nigel Hawthorne
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Siddons
Toby Stephens

John Philip Kemble, (1757-1823)

Brother to Sarah Siddons and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre, Kemble was considered one of England's greatest actors. He was known for coming into conflict with playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the actor Edmund Kean (who was basically to replace him as England's most popular actor).