Frances Anne Kemble (Fanny Kemble) (1809 - 1893), the actress and author, was Charles Kemble's elder daughter; she was born in London, and educated chiefly in France. 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Charles Kemble (November 25, 1775 _ November 12, 1854) was a British actor. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

She first appeared on the stage on October 26, 1829 as Juliet at Covent Garden. Her attractive personality at once made her a great favorite, her popularity enabling her father to recoup his losses as a manager. She played all the principal women's parts, notably Portia, Beatrice and Lady Teazle, but Julia in Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback, especially written for her, was perhaps her greatest success. October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Juliet is: A fictional character in William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... James Sheridan Knowles (May 12, 1784 - November 30, 1862), Irish dramatist and actor, was born in Cork. ...

In 1832 she went with her father to America, and in 1834 she married there a Southern planter, Pierce Butler. Pierce and Fanny had two daughters, Frances and Sarah. Fanny was shocked by the conditions of slaves and their treatment. She tried to better their conditions and spoke out loudly against slavery. This caused many arguements and fights between Pierce and Fanny. Fanny defied her husband's authority and continued to help the slaves to the point, Pierce had her striped in front of the slaves and severely whipped. Fanny left Pierce and they were divorced in 1849. Daughter, Frances remained with father, while Sarah went with her mother. In 1847 she returned to the stage, from which she had retired on her marriage, and later, following her father's example, appeared with much success as a Shakespearian reader. She wrote a book about her life on the Georgia plantation, which was a big hit in the north and used widely by abolishists prior to the American War Between the States (the American Civil War). She continued to be outspoken on the subject of slavery and against such bondage of human beings. 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Her daughter Sarah, met and fell in love with a doctor, Owen Wister. Sarah and Owen had a son, named after the father. That son became the American novelist, Owen Wister, author of "The Virgian" and other novels.

In 1877 she returned to England, where she lived in London using her maiden name till her death. During this period Fanny Kemble was a prominent and popular figure in the social life of London. 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Besides her plays, Francis the First, unsuccessfully produced in 1832, The Star of Seville (1837), a volume of Poems (1844), and a book of Italian travel, A Year of Consolation (1847), she published a volume of her Journal in 1835, and in 1863 another (dealing with life on the Georgia plantation), and also a volume of Plays, including translations from Dumas and Schiller. These were followed by Records of a Girlhood (1878), Records of Later Life (1882), Notes on some of Shakespeare's Plays (1882), Far Away and Long Ago (1889), and Further Records (1891). // Forestry plantations A plantation of Douglas-fir in Washington, USA; note the trees of uniform size and planted in straight lines, and the lack of diversity in the ground flora In forestry, plantations of trees are typically grown as an even-aged monoculture for timber production, as opposed to a... Alexandre Dumas redirects here. ... Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. ...

Her various volumes of reminiscences contain much valuable material for the social and dramatic history of the period.

Publications

All available through the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program, a fully searchable online database.

• Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839. New York: Harper & Bros., 1863.

• Record of a girlhood. London: R. Bentley and Son, 1878.

• Records of later life. New York: H. Holt and Co., 1882.

• Further Records, 1848-1883: a series of letters. London: R. Bentley and Son, 1890.

External Links

• Harvard University Library Open Collections Program. Women Working, 1870-1930, Fanny Kemble (1809-1893). A full-text searchable online database with complete access to publications written by Fanny Kemble.