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MEMOIRS

OF

THE LIFE

OF

JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE, Esq.

INCLUDING

A HISTORY OF THE STAGE,

FROM THE TIME OF GARRICK TO THE PRESENT
PERIOD.

BY JAMES BOADEN, Esq.

"Nihil metûs in vultu: gratia oris supererat.
"BONUM VIRUM facilè crederes, MAGNUM libenter."
TACIT. in v. Agric.

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LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1825. A

HE PA. STATE
COLLEGE

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VANBRUGH'S FALSE FRIEND. MR. KEMBLE IN THE

LIBERTINE. THE IRON MASQUE.

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THEATRE. PALMER'S RETURN.

1790-1..

DUKE OF CUMBERLAND'S DEATH.

TERMENT OF THE SUPPOSED REMAINS OF THE GREAT

MILTON.

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ENQUIRY INTO THE FACT. · MR. KEMBLE'S

CONVICTION ON THAT SUBJECT.

MR. KEMBLE experienced, as a manager, some difficulty during the season of 1789-90. Mrs. Siddons had suffered in her health by the severe continuance of her professional duties; and she resolved

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