Fanny Kemble:The Reluctant Celebrity

Fanny Kemble:The Reluctant Celebrity by Rebecca Jenkins


ISBN
9780743403993
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
512
Dimensions
130 x 198mm

A compelling portrait of a nineteenth-century star and her struggle against the injustice of the times.

Born into a theatrical dynasty, Fanny Kemble lacked the rest of her family's desire to perform. But when their theatre at Covent Garden was threatened with closure in 1829, Fanny reluctantly volunteered to take to the stage. The young actress's debut was a huge success and her life as a nineteenth-century celebrity had begun.

Soon Fanny found herself a slave to the stage, paraded around the country by her avaricious father. On a tour of the US she saw a chance to escape in the form of the charming Pierce Butler. However, in marrying him, Fanny had merely cast aside one set of chains for another: Pierce would not tolerate her independence. Even more horrifyingly, the Butlers were slave-owners. In protest, she set about writing the book that made her the scandal of American society, 'Journal Of A Residence On A Georgian Plantation', and her marriage collapsed in the midst of Civil War. Fanny had once again found herself in the cold glare of the public eye.

Intimate and engrossing, Rebecca Jenkins' biography brings one of the nineteenth century's most interesting figures back to life.
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