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Sarah Siddons
Standard Name: Siddons, Sarah
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire | An epilogue she wrote for Joanna Baillie
's tragedy De Montfort was spoken by Sarah Siddons
when the play opened at Drury Lane Theatre
, London, on 29 April 1800. Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins. 331 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Harcourt | Elizabeth Harcourt's verse comprised of one bound volume of poetry, the majority of which was transcribed by herself. She was also heavily involved in the collection of three volumes of poems by other authors (many... |
| Cultural formation | Ann Hatton | The most noteworthy attribute of AH
's family was their theatrical involvement, which in her generation became theatrical fame. They held an insecure positon in the middle ranks; at the time of Ann's birth they... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ann Hatton | The member of the family who achieved the greatest fame was the tragic actress Sarah Siddons
(eldest of the family, and Ann's senior by nine years). |
| Wealth and Poverty | Ann Hatton | The suicide attempt provided an occasion for anonymous friends to solicit the public on her behalf for money, also in terms calculated to annoy her relations. After this Sarah Siddons
and John Philip Kemble
reputedly... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Ann Hatton | Still, even during her husband's lifetime AH
was still dependent on her family. Sarah Siddons
paid her an annuity of twenty or thirty pounds (continued under her will after she died), and brother John Philip Kemble |
| Textual Production | Ann Hatton | The lecture regularly given by Ann Curtis (later AH
) at James Graham
's Temple of HymenOn the present State and Influence of Women, on Society, in England, in France, in Spain... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ann Hatton | AH
's eldest sister, Sarah Kemble (later Siddons)
, first appeared on stage (in a Worcester public house) in an entertainment to which admission was granted to those purchasing packets of tooth-powder. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ann Hatton | Actress Sarah Siddons
had her first triumph at Drury Lane
, four months after the birth of her fifth and last child. Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 14: 8 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ann Hatton | The celebrity actress Sarah Siddons
learned that her long-standing illness was in fact a sexually transmitted disease which she had caught from her husband
. Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 14: 21 |
| Occupation | Ann Hatton | Ann Kemble (later AH
) may have been acting at the Smock Alley TheatreDublin, the season after her sister
's first great success. Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 7: 172 |
| Dedications | Ann Hatton | The future AH
published with her name (Ann Curtis, sister of Mrs. Siddons) Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects, with a strong subscription list, dedicated to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 57 (1784): 314 |
| Textual Production | Ann Hatton | AH
sent off family reminiscences designed for insertion in Thomas Campbell
's life of her sister Sarah Siddons
(a work which was published in 1834). Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 7: 175 |
| Textual Production | Ann Hatton | AH
was apparently trying to raise money to print a work in verse called The Raconteur (which remained unpublished), and also to place her Sarah Siddons
reminiscences. Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 7: 175 |
| Literary responses | Felicia Hemans | The play's debut was disappointing. It closed after a single night, though it was remounted with greater success in Edinburgh the following April with Harriet Siddons
in a major role (having been recruited at Joanna Baillie |
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