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September 10, 2021 3:00am

45m

Fanny Kemble and her father Charles Kemble, representatives of the most famous English theatrical family of their day, appeared at both the Chestnut Street Theatre and Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia in the early 1830s, during their tour of America. Her performances would help to change the role of women on the American stage, and her stay in Philadelphia would have a transformative effect on her own life story.

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