John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His other siblings, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, also enjoyed success on the stage. (From Wikipedia) More about John Philip Kemble:
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10 additional books about John Philip Kemble in the extended shelves: The Kembles; an account of the Kemble family, including the lives of Mrs. Siddons, and her brother, John Philip Kemble. (Tinsley brothers, 1871), by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
An authentic narrative of Mr. Kemble's retirement from the stage; including farewell address, criticisms, poems, &c...To which is prefixed, an essay, biographical and critical... (J. Miller, 1817) (page images at HathiTrust)
The life of John Philip Kemble, esquire, a proprietor, and stage manager of Convent Garden theatre, interspersed with family and theatrical anecdotes ... (J. Johnston [etc., 1809) (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, esq., including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825), by James Boaden (page images at HathiTrust)
Remarks on the character of Richard the Third, as played by Cooke and Kemble. (Parsons, 1801) (page images at HathiTrust)
Kemble & Cooke : or, A critical review of a pamphlet published under the title of Remarks on the character of Richard the Third, as played by Cooke & Kemble ... (Printed for the author, by J. Bonsor, 1801) (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, esq., including a history of the stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period (R.H. Small;, 1825), by James Boaden and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
Twelve great actors. (Putnam's, 1900), by Edward Robins (page images at HathiTrust)
Memoirs of John Philip Kemble ... With an original critique on his performance (T. Holt, 1823), by John Ambrose Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Kemble & Cooke, or, A critical review of a pamphlet published under the title of Remarks on the character of Richard the Third, as played by Cooke and Kemble : with other critical remarks on the performances of these two gentlemen. (Westley, 1801) (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by John Philip Kemble: Additional books by John Philip Kemble in the extended shelves: Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Broad hints at retirement, an ode to a tragedy king. (John Bailey, 1810) (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: A catalogue of the ... miscellaneous library : choice prints and theatrical portraits, of John Philip Kemble, esq., which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Evans ... on Friday January 26, and nine following days (Sunday excepted). 1821. (Printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821) (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Comedy of errors. (Printed for John Miller ... and sold in the theatres, 1815), also by William Shakespeare and Thomas Hull (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Enchanted island (Printed for John Miller ... and sold in the theatres, 1815), also by William Shakespeare, William D'Avenant, and John Dryden (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: The farm house; a farce, in three acts. (Hayward and Adam, 1846) (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: The female officer: or the humours of the army, a comedy. Altered from Shadwell. (Dublin : printed by James Hoey, 1763), also by Thomas Shadwell (HTML at ECCO TCP) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Fugitive pieces. (Printed by W. Blanchard and Co. for the author, and sold by Fielding and Walker, London; and T. Wilson and Son, and N. Frobisher, York, 1830) (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Fugitive pieces: Written by J. P. Kemble. (York : printed by W. Blanchard and Co. for the author, and sold by Fielding and Walker, London; and T. Wilson and Son, and N. Frobisher, York, 1780) (HTML at ECCO TCP) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: An historical and critical essay on the revival of the drama in Italy (Printed by and for Mundell and Son and for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1805), also by Joseph C. Walker and Fortunato Prandi (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Julius Caesar; a tragedy. (London, 1811), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Katharine and Petruchio (G.H. Davidson ..., 1849), also by William Shakespeare, David Garrick, George Daniel, and Drury Lane Theatre Royal (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: King Henry the Fourth : a historical play (J. Ridgway, 1803), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Lodoiska; an opera, in three acts (G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794), also by Stephen Storace and Dejaure (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Lodoiska ; an opera in three acts as performed by His Majesty's servants at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane for the first time on Monday, June 6, 1794. (G. and J. Robinson, 1801), also by Stephen Storace and Jean Élie Bédéno Dejaure (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Lodoiska: an opera, in three acts, perfomed, for the first time, by His Majesty's Servants, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, on Monday, June 9th. 1794. Written by J. P. Kemble. ... (London : printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, [1794]) (HTML at ECCO TCP) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Lodoiska : an opera, in three acts, performed, for the first time, by His Majesty's servants, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, on Monday, June 9th, 1794 (G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794), also by Stephen Storace and Dejaure (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Macbeth, and King Richard the Third : an essay, in answer to remarks on some of the characters of Shakespeare (John Murray, 1817) (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Macbeth reconsidered; an essay: intended as an answer to part of the Remarks on some of the characters of Shakspeare: (London : printed for T. and J. Egerton, 1786) (HTML at ECCO TCP) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: New way to pay old debts : a comedy, adapted to the stage (printed for the theatre, 1810), also by Philip Massinger (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: The pannel: As altered by J. P. Kemble. From Bickerstaff's translation of Calderon's El escondido y la trapada; and first acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, November 28th, 1788. (London : printed for T. and J. Egerton, [1789?]) (HTML at ECCO TCP) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: The pilgrim. A comedy. In five acts. (For W. Lowndes, no. 77, Fleet-Street, 1787), also by John Fletcher, John Dryden, James Wrighten, and John Vanbrugh (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Roman matron. (Printed for the theatre, 1812), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: A select British theatre. Containing all the plays formerly adapted to the stage (Printed for J. Miller by B. M'Millan, 1815), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakespeare's Katherine and Petruchio, a comedy (Printed for the Theatre, 1810), also by William Shakespeare and David Garrick (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakespeare's King Henry the Eighth, an historical play (Printed for J. Miller, 1815), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakespeare's King John, a historical tragedy (Printed and published by C. Lowndes, 1800), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakespeare's King Lear (Printed by C. Lowndes, 1800), also by William Shakespeare and Nahum Tate (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakespeare's King Lear, (from Nahum Tate's alterations), a tragedy (Printed for J. Miller, 1815), also by William Shakespeare and Nahum Tate (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Coriolanus; or, The Roman matron, a historical play, adapted to the stage, with additions from Thomson (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806), also by William Shakespeare and James Thomson (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Coriolanus; or, The Roman matron; a historical play, adapted to the stage, with additions from Thomson (Printed for the theatre, 1812), also by William Shakespeare and James Thomson (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Julius Caesar, a tragedy (Printed for the theatre, 1812), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Measure for measure (Printed by C. Lowndes, 1803), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Measure for measure : a comedy (Printed for J. Ridgway, and sold in the Theatre, 1803), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Merry wives of Windsor : a comedy (Printed for J. Ridgway and sold in the Theatre ;, 1804), also by William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's Tempest; or, the enchanted island, a play, adapted to the stage (Printed [by S. Gosnell] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807), also by William Shakespeare, William D'Avenant, and John Dryden (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Shakspeare's tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra : with alterations, and with additions from Dryden (J. Barker, 1813), also by William Shakespeare and John Dryden (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: The tempest : a play (Published for the proprietors, by W. Simpkin, and R. Marshall, Stationers' Court, Ludgate Street; and C. Chapple, 59, Pall-Mall, 1823), also by William Shakespeare, Thomas Charles Wageman, Thomas Woolnoth, Clement Chapple, W. Oxberry, Charles Melville, Covent Garden Theatre, Simpkin and Marshall, Boston Boston Theatre (Washington Street, and Shakespeare Promptbook Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra (J. Barker, 1813), also by William Shakespeare, George Colman, and John Dryden (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, also by William Shakespeare (Gutenberg ebook) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: The two gentlemen of Verona : a comedy in five acts (John Cumberland ..., 1831), also by William Shakespeare, George Daniel, and Covent Garden Theatre (page images at HathiTrust) Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823: Wycherley's comedy of The plain dealer. (Printed for C. Lowndes, 1796), also by William Wycherley (page images at HathiTrust)
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